Protein binding fragments of gravin

ABSTRACT

The present invention generally relates to protein binding fragments of gravin and polynucleotides encoding these fragments. The protein binding fragments include fragments which bind to the Type II regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase or protein kinase C. This invention further provides antibodies to the protein binding fragments and assays for identifying compounds which modulate the binding of gravin to the binding protein.

This application is a continutation-in-part of co-pending U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 08/769,309 filed on Dec. 19, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No.5,741,890.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to proteins that maintain thesubcellular localization of kinases. More specifically, this inventionrelates to polypeptide fragments of a protein, gravin, which binds to aregulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase or to protein kinaseC. The invention also relates to methods of modulating the interactionof gravin and its binding partners.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Protein kinases are ubiquitous enzymes expressed in all eukaryotic cellsand are involved in cellular responses to physiological stimuli. Proteinkinases attach phosphate groups to substrate proteins. Cyclic-AMP (cAMP)dependent protein kinase (PKA) is an enzyme with broad substratespecificity which phosphorylates substrate proteins in response to cAMP.Protein kinase C (PKC) is an enzyme which phosphorylates substrateproteins in response to intracellular Ca²⁺ and phospholipid.

Many hormones act through common signal transduction pathways thatgenerate the intracellular second messenger cAMP. The predominant actionof cAMP is to activate a PKA by binding to the regulatory subunit (R)dimer of the holoenzyine thereby releasing the catalytic (C) subunit.Free C subunit potentiates hormonal responses by phosphorylatingsubstrate proteins near the site of kinase activation.

Two classes of the R subunit have been identified; RI and RII subunitswhich respectively form the type I and type II PKA holoenzymes. Thesubcellular distributions of PKA isoforms appear to be distinct. The RIisoforms (RIα and RIβ) are reported to be predominantly cytoplasmic andare excluded from the nuclear compartment, whereas up to 75% of the RIIisoforms (RIIα or RIIβ) are particulate and associate with the plasmamembrane, cytoskeletal components, secretory granules, the golgiapparatus, centrosomes and/or possibly nuclei. (RIIα or RIIβ) areparticulate and associate with the plasma membrane, cytoskeletalcomponents, secretory granules, the golgi apparatus, centrosomes and/orpossibly nuclei.

Intracellular transduction of signals from the plasma membrane tospecific subcellular compartments is a complex and highly regulatedseries of events which control essential physiological processes. Anexample of signaling pathway involvment are essential in maintainingcellular homeostasis appears in Hunter, Cell, 80:225-236 (1995) where itwas shown that many transforming oncogenes encode signal transductioncomponents such as low molecular weight G proteins, protein kinases, orphosphatases. Phosphatases remove phosphate groups from proteins orother compounds. Kinase and phosphatase activities thus controlintracellular signal transduction by phosphorylating anddephosphorylating substrate molecules. Now that many genes encodingthese proteins have been identified, research emphasis has begun tofocus on how these enzymes interface to control cellular events. Acritical element in this operation is the subcellular location of eachsignaling enzyme. For example, Newton, Current Biology, 6:806-809 (1996)showed that the correct intracellular targeting of kinases andphosphatases directs these enzymes to their preferred substrates andreduces indiscriminate background phosphorylation and dephosphorylation.

Kinase and phosphatase targeting is achieved through association withtargeting proteins or subunits [reviewed by Faux and Scott, TIBS,21:312-315 (1996b)]. For example, tyrosine kinase (PTK) and tyrosinephosphatase (PTPase) activity are coupled to downstream cytoplasmicenzymes through adaptor proteins that contain SH2 and SH3 domains. SH2domains recognize certain phosphotyrosyl residues and SH3 domains bindto a PXXP motif found in some kinases and phosphatases. Modular adaptorproteins like Grb2, p85, IRS-1, Crk and Nck comprise a single SH2 domainthat recognizes phosphotyrosyl residues of signalling enzymes and twoSH3 domains that bind to the PXXP motif on a separate set of targetproteins. Similarly, many phospholipases, kinases, phosphatases andheterotrimeric G-proteins are targeted by specific membrane-targetingmotifs such as the LIM, C2, pleckstrin homology and lipid anchoringdomains [Gill, Structure, 3:1285-1289 (1995); Newton, Current Biology,5:973-976 (1995)]. Through these interactions, signaling complexesassemble around receptor kinases or scaffold proteins to mediatecellular processes including hormone signaling events and immune cellfunction [Harrison et al., TIBS, 20:1213-1221 (1995)].

Until recently, second messenger-stimulated kinases and phosphataseswere thought to be localized through association with individualtargeting proteins. For example, three classes of phosphatase targetingsubunits have been identified which are specific for protein phosphataseI [Chen et al. FEBS Letters, 356:51-55 (1994)]; protein phosphatase 2A[Csortos et al., J. Biol. Chem., 271:2578-2588 (1996)]; or proteinphosphatase 2B [Shibasaki et al., Nature, 382:370-373 (1996)]. Likewise,three classes of PKC targeting proteins have been identified in Chaplineet al., J. Biol. Chem. 268:6858-6861 (1993); Mochly-Rosen, 1995; andStaudinger et al., J. Cell Biol., 128:263-271 (1995).Compartmentalization of PKA is achieved through interaction of the Rsubunits with a functionally related family of thirty or so A-KinaseAnchoring Proteins, called AKAPs [reviewed in Scott and McCartney,Molecular Endocrinology, 8:5-13 (1994)]. The present inventioncontemplates that anchoring proteins confer specificity onserine/threonine kinases and phosphatases by directing these enzymes todiscrete subcellular sites where they have restricted access to certainsubstrates and are optimally positioned to respond to fluctuations inthe levels of second messengers.

A variation on this theme was reported in the recent identification ofmultivalent binding proteins that coordinate the location ofserine/threonine kinase and phosphatase signaling complexes. Forexample, Herskowitz, Cell, 80:187-197 (1995) showed that the pheromonemating response in yeast is initiated through a G-protein linkedreceptor that activates a yeast MAP kinase cascade. This processproceeds efficiently because each enzyme in the cascade is associatedwith a scaffold protein called sterile 5 (STE 5) [Choi et al., Cell,78:499-512, (1994)]. Clustering of successive members in the MAP kinasecascade allows for the tight regulation of the pathway and prevents"cross-talk" between the six functionally distinct MAP kinase modules inyeast [Herskowitz et al., 1995]. Another example of a multivalentbinding protein is AKAP79 which targets PKA, PKC and protein phosphatase2B at the postsynaptic densities of mammalian synapses [Klauck et al.,Science, 271:1589-1592 (1996); Coghlan, et al., (1995b). The structureof AKAP79 is modular and resembles STE 5. Deletion analysis, peptidestudies and co-precipitation studies of AKAP79 and STE5 havedemonstrated that enzymes bind to distinct regions of the anchoringprotein [Klauck et al., 1996]. Targeting of the AKAP79 signaling complexto the postsynaptic densities suggests a model for reversiblephosphorylation in which the opposing effects of kinase and phosphataseaction are co-localized by a common anchoring protein [Coghlan et al.,Advances in Protein Phosphatases, 6:51-61 (1995a)].

AKAPs have been identified in a variety of organisms. At least sevenproteins that bind the regulatory subunit of PKA in Aplysia californica,a marine invertebrate, have been identified [Cheley et al., J. Biol.Chem., 269:2911-2920 (1994)]. One of these proteins is enriched in crudemembrane fractions and taxol-stabilized microtubules and may thus anchormicrotubules to the cell membrane as well as bind PKA. A mammalian AKAPmicrotubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) attaches PKA to the cytoskeleton[DeCamilli et al., J. Cell Biol., 103:189-203 (1986)]. The PKA-bindingsite on MAP2 is a 31-residue peptide in the amino-terminal region of theMAP2 molecule [Rubino et al., Neuron, 3:631-638 (1989)].

To date, a number of AKAPs have been identified which apparently bindPKA by a common secondary structure motif that includes an amphipathichelix region [Scott and McCartney, 1994]. Binding of PKA to most, if notall, identified AKAPs can be blocked in the presence of a peptide (Ht31)(SEQ ID NO: 8) that mimics the common secondary structure, while amutant Ht31peptide containing a single amino acid substitution (SEQ IDNO: 18) that disrupts the secondary structure of the peptide has noeffect on PKA/AKAP binding [Carr et al, J. Biol. Chem., 266:14188-14192(1991)]. Even though PKA/AKAP interaction is effected by a commonsecondary structure, AKAPs (or homologous AKAPs found in differentspecies) generally have unique primary structure as is evidenced by thegrowing number of AKAPs that have been identified in a variety oforganisms. The unique structure in each anchoring protein confersspecificity on a kinase by targeting an AKAP signalling complex tospecific intracellular locations.

Chapline and co-workers recently reported the cloning of a PKC bindingprotein identified as "clone 72" [Chapline et al., J. Biol. Chem.,271:6417-6422 (1996)]. Interestingly, Clone 72 was shown to havesubstantial homology to a mitogenic regulatory gene identified as "clone322" [Lin et al., Mol. Cell. Biol., 15:2754-2762 (1995)]. Clone 322 wasidentified as being the same molecule identified as "SSeCKS" in Lin, etal., J. Biol. Chem. 271:28340-28348 (1996). Clone 322 was shown to bedown-regulated in oncogene (e.g., src, ras, fos and myc) transformedcells and thus appears to be a tumor suppressor gene.

Also of interest to the invention is Myasthenia gravis (MG), a diseaseof neuromuscular transmission characterized by weakness and rapidfatigability of the muscles. It is believed that MG is an autoimmunedisease in which the patient develops antibodies to the nicotinicacetylcholine receptor. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor controls acation channel in response to binding of acetylcholine. In addition,development of autoantibodies to other cytoskeletal antigens includingalpha actinin, actin, filamin and vinculin is observed in the MGpatient. The muscle weakness appears to be caused by a failure of thenicotinic acetylcholine receptor as the autoantibodies apparentlyparticipate in destruction of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

A previously unknown MG antigen, gravin, was identified by expressionscreening of a cDNA library with serum from a patient suffering from MG[Gordon et al., J. Clin. Invest., 90:992-999 (1992)]. Gordon, et al.disclosed amino acid sequences disclosing 306 C-terminal amino acidresidues of gravin and the corresponding polynucleotide. Gravin wasshown to be expressed on the cell cortex and was also shown to beexpressed in migratory cells such as fibroblasts and neurons, but not instationary cells such as epithelial cells. In addition, gravin was foundto be expressed in adherent cells, but not in non-adherent cells.Therefore, gravin was postulated to play a role in cell migration and/orcellular adhesion [Grove et al., Anat. Rec., 239:231-242 (1994)].

There continues to exist a need in the art for further insights into thenature, function,and distribution of anchoring proteins and the role ofanchoring proteins in myasthenia gravis.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This present invention is based on the discovery that gravin is a kinaseanchoring protein that binds to the type II regulatory subunits of PKAand to PKC. The complete amino acid sequence of gravin is providedherein. In binding to protein kinases, gravin localizes kinases to aspecific subcellular region(s) and may regulate the function of thekinases and thereby control cellular signalling.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a gravin polypeptidefragment that binds to the type II regulatory subunit of PKA.Preferably, the polypeptide fragment comprises amino acid residues1526-1582 (SEQ ID NO: 1) of gravin. More preferably, the polypeptidefragment comprises amino acid residues 1537-1563 (SEQ ID NO: 2) ofgravin.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a polypeptide fragmentthat binds to PKC. Preferably, the polypeptide fragment comprises aminoacid residues 265-556 (SEQ ID NO: 3) of gravin.

Yet another aspect of this invention provides polypeptide analogs ofsuch fragments. Analogs are fragments in which additions, substitutions,including conservative substitutions, or deletions of amino acidresidues have been made in order to increase or decrease the bindingaffinity of the analog fragment for a protein kinase. These analogs ofgravin may be useful for modulating (i.e., blocking, inhibiting, orstimulating) the interaction between gravin and the kinase.

The polypeptides of the present invention are synthesized in solution oron a solid support in accordance with conventional techniques asdescribed in Stewart and Young, Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, 2nd ed.,Pierce Chemical Company, (1984) or Tam et at., J. Am. Chem. Soc.,105:6442 (1983), both of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The polypeptides of this invention may be modified to facilitate passageinto the cell, such as by conjugation to a lipid soluble moiety. Forexample, the peptides may be conjugated to myristic acid. The peptidesmay be myristoylated by standard techniques as described in Eichholtz etat., J. Biol. Chem. 268:1982-1986 (1993), incorporated herein byreference. Alternatively, the peptides may be packaged in liposomes thatmay fuse with cell membranes and deliver the peptides into the cells.Encapsulation of the peptides in liposomes may also be performed bystandard techniques as generally described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,766,046;5,169,637; 5,180,713; 5,185,154; 5,204,112; and 5,252,263 and PCT PatentApplication No. 92/02244, each of which is incorporated herein byreference.

Another aspect of the invention provides polynucleotides encoding theprotein binding fragments of gravin. Polynucleotides of the inventioninclude DNA (i.e., genomic, complementary, and synthetic) and RNA. Senseand antisense polynucleotides, complementary to coding and noncodingpolynucleotides are also contemplated. The polynucleotides of thepresent invention can be generated and purified by any number ofstandard, well-known techniques in the art. Also contemplated arepolynucleotides which code for the polypeptides of the present inventionbased upon degeneracy of the genetic code. In addition, polynucleotideswhich encode gravin (e.g., degenerate oligoiners) useful in polymerasechain reaction (PCR) technologies are contemplated. Polynucleotidesencoding analogs of gravin or structurally related DNAs which hybridizeunder stringent hybridization conditions to the polynucleotides of theinvention are also contemplated. Those of ordinary skill in the art willunderstand hybridization conditions described as "stringent."

Exemplary stringent hybridization conditions are as follows:hybridization at about 65° C. in 3×SSC, 20 mM NaPO₄ pH 6.8 and washingat about 65° C. in 0.2×SSC. It is understood by those of skill in theart that variation in these conditions occurs based on the length and GCnucleotide base content of the sequences to be hybridized. Formulasstandard in the art are appropriate for determining exact hybridizationconditions. See Sambrook et al., 9.47-9.51 in Molecular Cloning, ColdSpring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. (1989).

Polynucleotides of the invention are useful for recombinant productionof the kinase binding domain polypeptides. Vectors comprisingpolynucleotides encoding a kinase binding domain as well as promotor,selectable marker and other well-known vector components (e.g. origin ofreplication, multiple cloning sites, etc.) are also contemplated by theinvention.

The skilled artisan will understand the various components of vectors,methods for manipulating and the uses of vectors in transforming ortransfecting of host cells (prokaryotic and eukaryotic) and expressingthe kinase binding domains of the present invention. Host cells,especially unicellular host cells such as procaryotic and eukaryoticcells, are stably or transiently transformed or transfected with DNAs ofthe invention in a manner allowing expression of the kinase bindingfragments of gravin. Host cells of the invention are conspicuouslyuseful in methods for the large scale production of protein bindingfragments of gravin wherein the cells are grown in a suitable culturemedium and the desired fragments are isolated from the cells or from themedium in which the cells are grown. Use of mammalian host cells isexpected to provide for such post-translational modifications (e.g.,myristoylation, glycosylation, proteolytic processing, lipidation andtyrosine, serine or threonine phosphorylation) as may be needed toconfer biological activity on recombinant expression products of theinvention.

Another aspect of this invention provides antibody substances (e.g.,polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, single chainantibodies, chinmeric antibodies, CDR-grafted antibodies, humanizedantibodies and the like) specifically immunoreactive with the proteinbinding domains of gravin. Antibody substances can be prepared bystandard techniques using isolated naturally-occurring or recombinantgravin. The antibody substances are useful in modulating (i.e.,blocking, inhibiting, or stimulating) the binding between gravin and thekinase and in detecting gravin in patients suffering from MG. Inaddition, cell lines, (e.g., hybridomas), or cell lines transformed withrecombinant expression constructs which produce antibody substances ofthe invention are contemplated.

In another aspect, methods of identifying a modulator compound thatinhibits or increases binding between a gravin polypeptide and a gravinbinding partner (e.g., type II regulatory subunit of PKA or PKC) arecontemplated. In one method, gravin or a polypeptide fragment thereofsuch as set out in SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2 or 3 and a binding partner areincubated in the presence and absence of a putative modulator compoundunder conditions suitable for binding. The amount of binding in thepresence and in the absence of the putative test compound is determinedand compared. A reduction in the amount of binding observed in thepresence of the test compound indicates that the test compound is aninhibitor. An increase in the amount of binding observed in the presenceof the test compound indicates that the test compound increases bindingbetween gravin and the binding partner. In one embodiment, either gravinor the binding partner can be immobilized on a solid substrate, andeither gravin or the binding partner is detectably labeled. In addition,other assays, such as scintillation proximity assays may also beemployed.

Modulators are useful for example, in inhibiting localization of agravin binding partner (e.g. PKA, PKC, or other kinases) to a specificsubcellular location. The contemplated modulators include polypeptides,polypeptide fragments of gravin and other organic and inorganiccompounds.

The DNA sequence information provided by the present invention alsomakes possible the development, by homologous recombination or"knockout" strategies [see e.g. Capecchi, Science 244:1288-1292 (1989)]of mammals that fail to express functional gravin or that express ananalog of gravin. The mammals of the present invention comprise adisruption of the gravin gene of the mammal or the disruption of ahomolog of the gravin gene. The general strategy utilized to produce themammals of the present invention involves the preparation of a targetingconstruct comprising DNA sequences homologous to the endogenous gene tobe disrupted. The targeting construct is then introduced into embryonicstem cells (ES cells) whereby it integrates into and disrupts theendogenous gene or homolog thereof. After selecting cells which includethe desired disruption, the selected ES cells are implanted into anembryo at the blastocyst stage. Exemplary mammals include rodentspecies.

Numerous additional aspects and advantages of the present invention willbe apparent from the following detailed description of illustrativeembodiments thereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A. Binding properties of immobilized gravin fragment measured overa range of R11α 1-45 concentrations from 25-150 nM.

FIG. 1B. Uniform first order binding of immobilized gravin fragment.

FIG. 2. Effect of gravin fragment (SEQ ID NO:3) on PKC activity towardthe peptide substrate VRKRTLRRL (SEQ ID NO:24).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is illustrated by the following examples. Example1 describes the cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding gravin.The mapping and identification of a fragment of gravin that binds to thetype II regulatory subunit of PKA is disclosed in Example 2. Example 3describes the expression of full length gravin in COS cells. Example 4describes the mapping and identification of a PKC binding fragment ofgravin. Example 5 discusses the preparation of monoclonal and polyclonalantibodies. Experiments describing gravin expression in humanerythroleukemia cells (HEL) is provided in Example 6. Example 7describes experiments identifying tissue distribution of gravin. Example8 describes the role of gravin in signal transduction and Example 9describes binding assays utilizing gravin an a binding partner. Example10 describes gravin's role in cell adhesion. In light of the presentdisclosure, those of skill in the art will appreciate that the followingexamples are intended to be illustrative only and that numerous changes,modifications and alterations can be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention.

EXAMPLE 1

To isolate cDNAs encoding potential RII binding proteins, a human fetalbrain λ-ZAP cDNA library was screened by a modified overlay procedureusing radiolabeled RIIα as a probe [Lohmann et al., Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. U.S.A., 81:6723-6727 (1984)]. Eight RII binding clones wereidentified, plaque purified and the ends of each insert were sequenced.Two of the clones represented known sequences. One matched MAP2, apreviously identified AKAP [Theurkauf et al., J. Biol. Chem.,257:3284-3290 (1982)]. The 3' end of another clone, designated HF 9, wasidentical to a previously described partial clone encoding gravin, whichwas originally isolated by screening a Human Umbilical Vein Endothelialcell (HUVE) cDNA library with serum from a Myasthenia gravis patient[Gordon et al., 1992].

Further sequencing of clone HF 9 showed that the cDNA insert was 3023base pairs in length and encoded a continuous open reading frame of 651amino acids. Northern blot analysis using a ³² p random primed 1676 basepair Eco RI-Spe I fragment of HF 9 as a probe indicated that gravin mRNAwas selectively expressed in certain human tissues. Two predominant mRNAspecies of 8.4 kb and 6.7 kb were detected in all tissues butpredominated in liver, brain and lung, whereas an additional 5.5 kbmessage was detected in brain. The larger sizes of all the gravinmessages, indicated that the HF 9 clone represented a partial cDNA.Therefore, the 1676 base pair HF 9 fragment was used to further screenthe human fetal brain cDNA library for more complete transcripts. Fiveadditional clones were obtained that yielded an additional 600 basepairs of coding region. As an alternative strategy, a human heart cDNAlibrary was screened with the same 1676 base pair HF 9 fragment. Of thefive positive clones isolated from the heart cDNA library, the longestclone contained a 4216 base pair insert, which overlapped with the 5'end of HF 9. This provided a contiguous composite sequence of 6605 basepairs encoding a protein of 1780 amino acids. The complete DNA and aminoacid sequences of this protein, human gravin, are presented in SEQ IDNO: 4 and 5, respectively.

EXAMPLE 2

The last 651 amino acids of gravin were demonstrated to contain abinding site for association with the type II regulatory subunit of PKA.It was previously shown that regions of conserved secondary structurewhich are likely to include amphipathic u-helices are responsible forRII-binding [Carr et al., J. Biol. Chem., 267:13376-13382 (1992)].Residues 1540-1553 LETKSSKLVQNIIQ (SEQ ID NO: 6) of gravin fulfilledthese criteria. These residues also show sequence identity withcorresponding regions in other AKAPs and a helical-wheel plot suggestedthat there was a segregation of hydrophobic and hydrophilic side-chainswhich is compatible with the formation of an amphipathic helix. The RIIαbinding fragment of gravin also shows some sequence homology to thecorresponding RII binding regions in AKAP79 (LIETASSLVKNAIQ) (SEQ ID NO:7) and in Ht31 (DLIEEAASRIVDAVIEQVKAAGA) (SEQ ID NO: 8). Ht31 is asequence derived from human thyroid AKAP.

To identify the RII binding site(s) of gravin, a family of recombinantDNAs encoding fragments of gravin were generated by PCR using HF9 as thetemplate. The polynucleotides encoding these fragments were subclonedinto the pET16d plasmid which provides nucleotide sequences encoding ahistine tag expressed at the amino terminus of the expressed gravinfragment. These constructs were expressed in E. coli and purified usingthe pET16d Histag bacterial expression/affinity purification system.Constructs encoding putative RII-binding site residues 1130-1582 (SEQ IDNO: 17) and 1130-1525 (SEQ ID NO: 15) of gravin were generated byutilizing a common 5' primer, CCGCCATGGTGCATATGTCCGAGTCCAGTGAGC, (SEQ IDNO: 9) but utilized distinct 3' primers: GCGCGGATCCGCACTCACTTTGACCTCCTG(SEQ ID NO: 10) for residues 1130-1525 (SEQ ID NO: 15) andGCGCGGATCCGCTATCACGTGAGCTTGTGT (SEQ ID NO: 11) for residues 1130-1582(SEQ ID NO: 14). The 1526-1780 (SEQ ID NO: 16) construct was prepared byusing the 5' primer, CCGCCATGGTGCATATGGTAGCAATTGAGGATTTAG (SEQ ID NO:12) in conjunction with the 3' primer, GGAGGATCCAGAGATTCTGTAGTTCTG (SEQID NO: 13) used to subclone the full length clone. Each gravin constructwas transfected into E. coli and the expression of recombinant Histagfusion proteins was induced by IPTG. Each recombinant protein waspurified according to previously published methods [Coghlan et al.,Science, 267:108-111 (1995b)].

The gravin fragments were screened for RIIα binding using an overlayprocedure essentially as described in Lohman et al., Proc. Nat. Acad.Sci., 81:6723-6727 (1984). Briefly, the overlay procedure is performedas follows. Protein samples are separated by SDS polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis (PAGE) and transferred to nitrocellulose by standardelectrotransfer techniques. The immobilized protein is partiallyrenatured by incubation in a blocking solution containing milk proteinsthen probed with ³² p-labelled RII probe. After removal of unbound probeby washing, binding between gravin polypeptide fragments and RII isdetected by autoradiography. To increase sensitivity of the assay (up toten-fold), bound RII is detected immunologically (e.g. anti-RII-antiseraand ¹²⁵ I-protein A, or monoclonal antibodies which specificallyrecognize RII.)

The 452 residue fragment encompassing residues 1130-1582 (SEQ ID NO: 14)bound ³² P-radiolabeled RIIα in the overlay, whereas a smaller fragment,residues 1130-1525 (SEQ ID NO: 15), which lacked the RII-binding regionwas unable to bind RIIα.

Two additional experiments provided evidence that the putativeamphipathic helix region was sufficient for RII-binding. The fragmentencompassing residues 1526-1780 (SEQ ID NO: 16) of gravin bound RII inthe overlay and a synthetic peptide covering residues 1537-1563 (SEQ IDNO: 2) blocked all RII-binding in the overlay. In addition, theanchoring protein inhibitor peptide Ht31 (DLIEEAASRIVDAVIEQVKAAGA) (SEQID NO: 8) which is a competitive inhibitor of RII/AKAP interactions alsoblocked RII binding to gravin as assessed by the overlay assay. Controlexperiments in which overlays were performed in the presence of 0.3 μMinhibitor polypeptide Ht31 (SEQ ID NO: 8) confirmed that the Ht31inhibited binding between gravin and RIIα. In addition a second controlpeptide, Ht31 -pro, (DLIEEAASRPVDAVIEQVKAAGA) (SEQ ID NO: 18) which isunable to block RII/AKAP binding was unable to inhibit binding betweengravin and RIIα. The second control peptide (SEQ ID NO: 18) is the Ht31peptide in which an isoleucine has been replaced by a proline therebydisrupting the secondary structure. The Ht31 (SEQ ID NO: 8) peptide andHt31-pro peptide were synthesized. To facilitate labeling and/ortracking of the control peptides, an additional tyrosine(radioiodination) or lysine (biotin/avidin) residue was sometimesincluded at the C-tenninus of the control peptides. This datademonstrates that gravin is an AKAP and its principle RII-binding siteis encompassed by residues 1526-1582 (SEQ ID NO: 1).

This finding was further confinned when the binding affinity of thegravin 1526-1780 (SEQ ID NO: 16) fragment for a recombinant fragment ofRIIα was measured by surface plasmon resonance (SPR). SPR is ananalytical technique that utilizes evanescent light to examinemacromolecular complexes. The binding affinities of one protein to animmobilized binding partner can be measured by SPR. A recombinantfragment encompassing residues 1526-1780 (SEQ ID NO: 16) of gravin wascoupled to a carboxymethyldextran IAsys cuvette using standard EDC/NHScoupling chemistry [Davies et al., Techniques in Protein Chemistry,5:285-2992 (1994)]. The cuvette was activated by treating with 0.4 MEDC/0.1 M NHS for 8 min and washed extensively with PBST (PBS+0.05%Tween-20). Coupling of the gravin 1526-1780 fragment (SEQ ID NO: 16) (25μg/ml) was accomplished in 10 mM formate buffer, pH 3.6 for 10 min atroom temperature. Uncoupled protein was washed out with PBST and freeamines were blocked with 1M ethanolamine, pH 8.5 for 2 min at roomtemperature. After washing with PBST, a stable baseline was establishedfor 10 min before data collection. All binding experiments wereperformed with a recombinant fragment of RIIα (RII 1-45) [Scott, et al.,Pro. Nat. Acad. Sci. 84:5192-5196 (1987)] which binds AKAPs with asimilar affinity as the full-length protein. Previous experiments haveindicated that release of RIIα 1-45 from the binding surface can beperformed under conditions that are less harmful to the immobilizedanchoring protein than studies using full length RII. Bindingexperiments were performed over a range of concentrations from 25 to 150nM in volumes of 200 μl. The binding surface was regenerated betweenbinding measurements using 60% ethanol with no decrease in extentmeasurements over the duration of an experiment. Data collection wasdone over three second intervals and was analyzed using the Fastfit™software which was provided with the IAsys instrument. The bindingproperties of the immobilized gravin fragment were measured over a rangeof RIIα 1-45 concentrations from 25 to 150 nM (FIG. 1A). Uniform firstorder binding was recorded with a K_(assc) of 160006±9700 M⁻¹ sec⁻¹(n=3) and with a K_(dis), of 0.016±0.001 M⁻¹ (n=3) (FIG. 1B). Thesevalues were used to calculate a dissociation constant (KD) of 100 nM(n=3) for the RII/gravin fragment interaction (FIG. 1B). The nanomolarbinding constant for RII/gravin interaction is well within thephysiological concentration range of both proteins inside cells and isconsistent with the notion that both proteins may associate in situ.

As demonstrated above, residues fragment 1537-1563 (SEQ ID NO: 2) ofgravin form a PKA anchoring site. Of note, this sequence is present inthe C-terminus of SSeCKS/clone 72 (see Example 4). Interestingly, thisshared sequence has ten out of fourteen residues which are conserved inthe RII-binding region of another mammalian scaffold protein, calledAKAP79, which binds PKA, PKC and protein phosphatase 2B [Coghlan et al.,1995b; Klauck et al., 1996]. The identification of a conservedRII-binding sequence in gravin, SSeCKS/clone 72 and AKAP79 is the firstexample of conserved primary structure in known RII binding regions.This finding was unexpected as it was previously proposed that in spiteof a lack of sequence identity among the AKAPs there existed aconservation of secondary structure in the RII-binding motif [Scott etal., 1994]. Therefore, it is likely that gravin, SSeCKS/clone 72 andAKAP 79 are members of a structurally related subfamily of AKAPs whichbind more than one kinase or phosphatase.

EXAMPLE 3

In order to study the role of anchoring of PKA by gravin, full lengthgravin was expressed in cells that normally do not express the protein.

A plasmid containing the fill length gravin cDNA was prepared asfollows. A 1.7 kb XbaI fragment was isolated from HF9 (containing theC-terminal sequece of Gravin) and cloned into pBSII (Strategene)containing the N-terminal 4216 bp clone (see Example 1) which waspredigested with XbaI. Clones were screened and sequenced (on the 5' and3' junctions) for correct orientation. The resulting clone is referredto as pBS/gravin. A EcoRI-Not1 fragment of pBS/Gravin was inserted inpcDNA3 predigested with EcoRI and Not1. Clones were screened for insertsby restriction digests using EcoRI and NotI. Correct clones wereconfirmed by sequencing the 5' and 3' junctions with primers DCO3 andJHSP6 respectively.

Transfection of Recombinant Gravin

COS cells were grown in 100 mm culture dishes until 20-40% confluent.Transfection of COS cells was performed as follows. The pcDNA3-gravinvector at a concentration of 10 μg in 150 μl serum free culture mediawas prepared to which was added 20 μl of SuperFect (Qiagen, Chatsworth,Calif.). Media was removed from the COS cell culture and the cellswashed with CMF-PBS. The SuperFect mixture was added to 3 ml of mediawith 10% FBS and added to the cells for three hours at 37° C. Cells werethen washed and fresh media added for an overnight incubation. Next, thecells were washed, trypsin harvested, washed again then lysed asdescribed in Example 5. Transfection procedure for Jurkat cells wassimilar except the SuperFect mixture was added to Jurkat cells and leftin the culture overnight. Cell lysates were prepared as described at 24,48 hours and two weeks after transfection. Gravin expression wasdetermined by Western blot analysis.

Transfected COS cells showed an enhanced gravin signal over baselineexpression levels at twenty-four hours post transfection. Jurkat cells,which do not express gravin, showed significant expression of therecombinant protein from twenty-four hours post transfection out to twoweeks. Recombinant gravin can thus be expressed and maintained in humancell lines.

EXAMPLE 4

Further sequence analysis revealed another potential function of gravin.A search of the nucleotide database using the complete gravin sequenceshowed that the first 1000 residues are 69% identical to a murinemitogenic regulatory protein SSeCKS [Lin et al., 1995)] also identifiedin the art as "clone 72", which was recently shown to be a proteinkinase C binding-protein and also a protein kinase C substrate.[Chapline et al., 1996].

The ability of gravin to bind PKC was therefore examined. Accordingly,two recombinant gravin polypeptide fragments consisting of amino acids265-556 (SEQ ID NO: 3) and 1130-1582 (SEQ ID NO: 14) were prepared andoverlay analysis similar to the overlay analysis described in Example 2was performed. The immobilized gravin fragments were incubated with PKCand the bound PKC was detected by using monoclonal antibodies to PKC(Transduction Labs, Lexington, Ky.) [Klauck, et al., (1996)]. The265-556 (SEQ ID NO: 3) fragment was prepared by PCR using primersGACGAGATTGTGGAAATCCATGAGG (SEQ ID NO: 19) andGCGCGGATCCAGAGATFCTGTAGRFCTGAC (SEQ ID NO: 20). The 1130-1582 (SEQ IDNO: 14) fragment was prepared as described in Example 2. The resultsshowed that PKC bound to the 265-556 fragment (SEQ ID NO: 3), but not tothe 1130-1582 fragment (SEQ ID NO: 14). The overlay assay thus showedthat the PKC binding fragment of gravin mapped to a region of thesequence between residues 265 to 556 (SEQ ID NO: 3). Neither of thegravin fragments bound PKC in the absence of phosphatidylserine (PS)which is consistent with other reports that phospholipid is a co-factorin the PKC/binding protein complex [Chapline et al., 1996]. It has beensuggested that phosphatidylserine (PS) supports a ternary complex of PKCand polybasic regions on the substrate/binding protein [Liao et al.,Biochem., 33:1229-1233 (1994)].

Polybasic regions were postulated to participate in formation of aphospholipid bridge between the PKC and its binding proteins [Chaplineet al., 1996; Chapline et al., 1993]. In AKAP79, a polybasic region wasidentified as the PKC binding site [Klauck et al., 1996]. In gravin,there are two polybasic regions in the gravin 265-556 fragment (SEQ IDNO: 3) located between residues 295-316 (FKKFFTQGWAGWRKKTSFRKPK) (SEQ IDNO: 23) and 514-536 (PLKKLFTSTGLKKLSGKKQKGKR) (SEQ ID NO: 24). Bothpolybasic regions (residues 295-316 and residues 514-536) resemble thePKC-binding site on AKAP79. Synthetic peptides of both polybasic regionsof gravin blocked PKC/gravin interactions when assessed by the overlayassay. These experiments show that protein kinase C binds gravin invitro at one or more polybasic sites located between residues 265-556 ofthe protein.

The AKAP79 31-52 PKC binding site peptide KASMLCFKRRKKAAKLAKPKAG (SEQ IDNO: 23) blocked PKC binding to gravin. This result demonstrates thatboth gravin and AKAP79 likely bind to a similar site on PKC. Furthersimilarity to AKAP79 was demonstrated when the gravin 265-556 (SEQ IDNO: 3) fragment was shown to inhibit PKC activity toward peptidesubstrate VRKRTLRRL (SEQ ID NO: 24) (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.)with an IC₅₀ of 0.50±0.12 μM (n=4) (FIG. 2). In contrast, the RIIbinding peptide did not inhibit the kinase. PKC activity was assayed asdescribed [Orr et al., J. Biol. Chem., 269:27715-27718, 1994] in areaction containing 40 mM HEPES (pH 7.5), 10 mM MgCl₂, 0.3 mM CaCl₂, 1mM DTT, 100 μM [λ³² P] adenosine triphosphate (ATP) (500 cpm/pmol),phosphatidylserine (20 μg/ml), and epidermal growth factor receptorpeptide (VRKRTLRRL) (SEQ ID NO: 24) as substrate at 30° C. for 10 min.PKC βII (20 ng/μl) was diluted 1:10 in 20 mM Tris (pH 7.9), 1 mg/mlbovine serum albumin (BSA) and 1 mM DTT. Inhibition constants (IC₅₀)were determined over an inhibition concentration range of 0.1 to 10 μMgravin 265-556 fragment (SEQ ID NO: 3).

To date, three classes of PKC-binding proteins have been identified bygel overlay and two-hybrid techniques [Faux et al., Cell, 70:8-12(1996a)]. PKC substrate/binding proteins [Chapline et al., 1993] andReceptors for Activated C-kinase (RACKs) [Mochly-Rosen et al., Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88:3997-4000, (1991)] have been detected by thegel-overlay procedure, while Proteins that Interact with C-kinase(PICKS), have been isolated in two-hybrid screens [Staudinger et al.,1995]. The data provided herein shows that a region of approximately 290amino acids supports PKC-binding and fragments corresponding to thatregion block kinase activity in vitro.

EXAMPLE 5

Monoclonal antibodies are prepared by immunizing Balb/c micesubcutaneously with gravin or gravin fragments in complete Freund'sadjuvant (CFA). Subsequent immunizations in CFA or incomplete Freund'sadjuvant is performed to increase immune response.

The spleen of the immunized animal is removed aseptically and asingle-cell suspension is formed by grinding the spleen between thefrosted ends of two glass microscope slides submerged in serum free RPMI1640, supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine, 1 mM sodium pyruvate, 100units/ml penicillin, and 100 μg/ml streptomycin (RPMI) (Gibco, Canada).The cell suspension is filtered through sterile 70-mesh Nitex cellstrainer (Becton Dickinson, Parsippany, N.J.), and washed twice bycentrifuging at 200 g for 5 minutes and resuspending the pellet in 20 mlserum free RPMI. Thymocytes taken from naive Balb/c mice are prepared inthe same manner.

2×10⁸ spleen cells are combined with 4×10⁷ NS-1 cells (kept in log phasein RPMI with 11% fetal bovine serum (FBS) for three days prior tofusion), centrifuged and the supernatant is aspirated. The cell pelletis dislodged and 2 ml of 37° C. PEG 1500 (50% in 75 mM HEPES, pH 8.0)(Boehringer Mannheim) is added while stirring over the course of oneminute, followed by the addition of 14 ml of serum free RPMI over sevenminutes. Additional RPMI can be added and the cells are centrifuged at200 g for 10 minutes. After discarding the supernatant, the pellet isresuspended in 200 ml RPMI containing 15% FBS, 100 mM sodiumhypoxanthine, 0.4 mM aminopterin, 16 mM thymidine (HAT) (Gibco), 25units/ml IL-6 (Boehringer Mannheim) and 1.5×10⁶ thymocytes/ml. Thesuspension is dispensed into ten 96-well flat bottom tissue cultureplates (Corning, United Kingdom) at 200 μl/well. Cells are fed on days2, 4, and 6 days post-fusion by aspirating 100 μl from each well with an18 G needle (Becton Dickinson), and adding 100 μl/well plating mediumcontaining 10 U/ml IL-6 and lacking thymocytes.

When cell growth reaches 60-80% confluence (day 8-10), culturesupernatants are taken from each well and screened for reactivity togravin by ELISA. ELISAs are performed as follows. Immulon 4 plates(Dynatech, Cambridge, Mass.) were coated at 4° C. with 50 μl/well with100 ng/well of p1110δ:GST or GST in 50 mM carbonate buffer, pH 9.6.Plates are washed with PBS with 0.05%, Tween 20 (PBST) and blocked 30minutes at 37° C. with 0.5% Fish Skin Gelatin. Plates are washed asdescribed above and 50 μl culture supernatant is added. After incubationat 37° C. for 30 minutes, 50 μl of horseradish peroxidase conjugatedgoat anti-mouse IgG(fc) (Jackson ImmunoResearch, West Grove, Pa.)[diluted 1:10,000 in PBST] is added. Plates are incubated at 37° C. for30 minutes, washed with PBST and 100 μl of substrate, consisting of 1mg/ml TMB (Sigma) and 0.15 ml/ml 30% H₂ O₂ in 100 mM Citrate, pH 4.5, isadded. The color reaction is stopped with the addition of 50 ml of 15%H₂ SO₄. A₄₅₀ is read on a plate reader (Dynatech).

Polyclonal antibodies are prepared by immunizing an animal with anantigen comprising a polypeptide of the present invention and collectingantisera from the immunized animal. A variety of animal speciesincluding rabbit, chicken, mouse, rat, or guinea pig are useful inpreparation of polyclonal antibodies. The 1130-1780 (SEQ ID NO: 17)gravin fragment was used to prepare polyclonal antibodies in rabbit.Rabbit polyclonal antisera R3698 was produced from the 1130-1780 gravinfragment (SEQ ID NO: 17) by a commercial laboratory (Bethyl Labs,Montgomery, Tex.). The 1130-1780 fragment (SEQ ID NO: 17) was made bypreparing and expressing a polynucleotide encoding the 1130-1780fragment (SEQ ID NO: 9) (generated by PCR using the 5' primer,CCGCCATGGTGCATATGTCCGAGTCCAGTGAGC, (SEQ ID NO: 9) and the 3' primer,GGAGGATCCAGAGATTCTGTAGTTCTG (SEQ ID NO: 13)) as described in Example 2.In addition, the 265-556 fragment (SEQ ID NO: 3) was used to preparepolyclonal antibodies in rabbit and chicken. Rabbit polyclonal antisera,R4310 and chicken polyclonal antisera were produced from the 265-556fragment (SEQ ID NO: 3) by Bethyl Labs.

Two additional polyclonal antisera were prepared. Two rabbits (4037J and3548J) were immunized (R&R Rabbitry, Stanwood, Wash.) with 25-50 μg ofrecombinant gravin fragment 265-556 for a total of three injections anda final boost. Test sera and pre-immune sera were tested by Western blotanalysis. Recombinant protein (1 μg/lane) and lysates from HEL cells (25μg/lane) grown with or without 40 μg/ml PMA to induce gravin expressionwere separated by 4-12% SDS-PAGE (Novex, San Diego, Calif.) andtransferred to immobilon by standard techniques. Resulting blots wereincubated in blocking buffer (TBS with 5% milk proteins) to partiallyrenature immobilized protein, then probed with rabbit sera (1:500dilution in blocking buffer). Unbound antibodies were removed by washingin TBS, followed by incubation with a secondary goat anti-rabbit horseradish peroxidase (HRP) conjugated antibody (1:7500 dilution) inblocking buffer. Unbound antibody was washed away and the blots weredeveloped by enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL, Dupont-NEN, Boston, Mass.)and exposed on film.

Sera from both rabbits recognized the recombinant gravin fragment. A 250kDa band was detected in the PMA stimulated HEL cell lysate, but not inthe lysate prepared from unstimulated REL cells. Serum from rabbit 4037Jhad the higher sensitivity by Western blot and so this antibody waspurified by Protein A affinity chromatography.

EXAMPLE 6

Phorbol ester treatment of a human erythroleukemia cell line (HEL) (HEL92.1.7, ATCC TIB 180) induces morphological, functional and biochemicalchanges that are characteristic of macrophage-like cells. One hallmarkof this process is the robust induction of gravin [Gordon et al., 1992].Therefore, the PKA and PKC binding protein profile of HEL cells afterprolonged exposure to phorbol esters was examined.

HEL cells were grown in RPMI 1640 containing 12% fetal calf serum and 4mM glutamine. Gravin expression was induced by culturing with 40 nMphorbol myristate acetate (PMA) for 18 hr. Cell lysates were preparedfrom either adherent cells grown in the presence of PMA, rinsed with PBSand scraped from the interior of 150 cm² flasks or from suspensioncultures of HEL cells grown in the absence of PMA. Cell pellets werewashed twice with PBS prior to resuspension in 20 mM TrisHCl, pH 7.4,150 mM NaCl, 10 mM EDTA, 0.25% Triton X-100, 0.05% Tween 20, 0.02% NaN₃,10 mM benzamidine, 2 μg/ml pepstatin, 2 μg/ml leupeptin, 4 mM4-(2-aminoethyl)-benzenesulfonyl fluoride hydrochloride (Lysis Buffer)and incubation on ice for 10 min. The extracts were then centrifuged for10 min at 16,000×g at 4° C. and the cell lysate supernatant wascollected. Protein concentrations were measured using the Bio-Rad DCProtein Assay kit.

The extracts from control and treated cells were subjected to westernblot analysis with an affinity purified antibody raised against residues130 to 1780 of gravin (See Example 5). PMA treatment caused an inductionof a 250 kDa protein that specifically reacted with anti-gravinantibodies. Subsequent overlay assays demonstrated that PMA treatmentinduced the expression of a 250 kDa PKC-binding protein and anRII-binding protein of the same size.

Concomitant with the macrophage-like shift, HEL cells undergoing PMAtreatment become adherent and display a considerable cytoplasmic spread[Papayannopoulou et al., Blood, 62:832-845 (1983)]. This sometimesresults in the formation of actin stress fibers and causes a generalflattening of the cell. In order to establish whether gravin alignedwith the actin cytoskeleton, phorbol ester treated HEL cells werestained with rhodamine phalloidin as a marker for actin as describedbelow.

HEL cells were grown on glass coverslips in the presence of 40 nM PMAfor 18 hr, rinsed with PBS, fixed in 3.7% formaldehyde and extracted in-20° C. absolute acetone. Cells were rehydrated for 1 hr in PBS and 0.2%BSA and then incubated with either affinity purified anti-gravinantibody, R3698, at 0.5 μg/ml or pre-immune IgG at 0.5 μg/ml. After 1 hrthe coverslips were carefully washed in PBS and 0.2% BSA and incubatedwith either a mixture of FITC conjugated donkey anti-rabbit secondaryantibody (1:100 dilution, Jackson ImmunoReasearch Laboratories Inc, WestGrove, Pa.) and rhodamine conjugated phalloidin (1 unit/coverslip,Molecular Probes, Inc, Eugene, Oreg.) or secondary antibody alone. Insitu RII-overlays were performed essentially as described [Coghlan etal., J. Biol. Chem., 269:7658-7665 (1994)]. Prior to incubation withprimary antibody, cells were incubated with 80 nM recombinant murine RIIfor 2 hr and unbound RII removed by washing three times in PBS and 0.2%BSA. The immobilized RIIα was detected immunochemically with affinitypurified goat anti-murine RII (1 μg/ml) and Texas red conjugated donkeyanti-goat IgG secondary (1:100 dilution, Jackson ImmunoReasearchLaboratories Inc, West Grove, Pa.). Control coverslips were treated withthe antibody to RII in the absence of exogenous murine RII. Cells wereexamined using a Leica confocal laser scanning system equipped with aLeitz Fluovert-FU inverted microscope and an argon/krypton laser.

All of the cells displayed a concentration of actin to the periphery. Incontrast, gravin staining was predominantly cytoplasmic and only asubset of the cells (approximately 25%) expressed large quantities ofthe protein. Variable levels of gravin expression were not unexpected asHEL cells represent a heterogeneous population at different stages ofdifferentiation [Papayannopoulou et al., 1983]. Superimposition ofimages of cells stained for actin and cells stained for gravin showedthat both proteins exhibit distinct but partially overlappingsubcellular distributions. Control experiments were negative when cellswere stained with preimmune serum. More detailed confocal analysis ofHEL cells detected gravin staining toward the periphery of the cell andenriched in filopodia at the adherent surface. These findings indicatethat gravin functions to enhance HEL cell adhesion to the substratum.

Co-localization of Gravin and PKA

In vitro binding studies described in Examples 2 and 4 indicate thatgravin is a kinase scaffold protein. Therefore, co-localizationexperiments were initiated to determine whether a gravin signalingcomplex could be detected in HEL cells. Fixed and permeabilized cellspre-treated with PMA were overlayed with recombinant murine RIIα.RII-binding in situ was detected with antibodies that specificallyrecognize murine RII and mimicked the staining pattern for gravin. Sincecontrol experiments confirmed that the anti-murine RII antibodies didnot detect the endogenous human RII, the increased RII staining was dueto direct association with gravin. This conclusion was supported byadditional control experiments showing that in situ RII-binding wasblocked by incubation with the Ht 31 anchoring inhibitor peptide.

Finally, the gravin signaling complex was isolated by two complementarybiochemical methods: immunoprecipitation and affinity chromatography oncAMP-agarose.

Immunoprecipitation of gravin was performed as follows. HEL cell lysates(200 μl of 15 mg/ml) prepared as described above were incubated witheither 15 μg of affinity purified anti-gravin or 15 μg of pre-immune IgGat 4° C. for 18 hr. Immune complexes were isolated by the addition of200 μl of 10% (v/v) Protein A-Sepharose CL-4B (Sigma, St Louis, Mo.)which had been pre-equilibrated in Lysis Buffer. Following incubation at4° C. for 90 min the beads were washed once in 0.5 M NaCl Lysis Bufferand four times in excess 20 mM TrisHCl, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl. The PKAcatalytic subunit was released from the immune complex by incubating theProtein-A beads in 200 μl 1 mM cAMP, 20 mM TrisHCl, pH 7.4, 150 nM NaClfor 15 min. The eluate was TCA precipitated prior to analysis on a 4-15%SDS-PAGE gel, electroblotted onto nitrocellulose and the catalyticsubunit was detected, as previously described. For theimmunoprecipitation and detection of gravin, elution was accomplished byboiling the washed beads in SDS-PAGE sample buffer, separation ofproteins on a 4-15% denaturing PAGE gel (5 μg/lane), transfer tonitrocellulose and analysis by gravin western, PKC overlay and RIIoverlay western [as described above and previously [Klauck et al.,1996].

Gravin was affinity purified by incubating HEL cell lysates (400 μl of15 mg/ml, prepared as described above with the addition of 10 mM IBMX tothe buffer), with 200 μl packed cAMP-agarose (Sigma, St Louis, Mo.)which had been equilibrated in Lysis Buffer with 10 mM IBMX. The slurrywas gently mixed for 18 hr at 4° C. and then washed with 1.5 ml LysisBuffer with 1 M NaCl followed by four 1.5 ml washes with 20 mM TrisHCl,pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl. Elution was accomplished by incubating the beads in0.5 ml 75 mM cAMP, 20 mM TrisHCl, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl for 30 min at roomtemperature. The final wash and the eluate were TCA precipitated and theentire sample loaded into a single lane on a 4-15% SDS-PAGE gel. Theseparated proteins were blotted to nitrocellulose and gravin wasidentified by western analysis as described above.

Immunoprecipitation with gravin antibodies specifically isolated a 250kDa protein that could be faintly detected when SDS gels were stainedwith Coomassie Blue. This 250 kDa protein was present only inimmunoprecipitates using the affinity purified gravin antibodies and wasnot detected in control experiments performed with pre-immune serum.Western blot and overlay assays confinred that the 250 kDa protein wasgravin. Moreover, co-precipitation of the PKA holoenzyme wasdemonstrated by detection of the catalytic subunit in fractions elutedfrom the immunoprecipitate with cAMP but not in experimental fractionstreated with pre-immune serum. The R subunit in the immunoprecipitateswas undetectable because the 54 kDa protein migrates with the samemobility as the IgG heavy chain. However, the R subunit/gravin complexwas purified from PMA induced HEL cell extracts by affinitychromatography on cAMP-agarose. After extensive washing in high saltbuffers, gravin was eluted from the affinity resin with 75 mM cAMP.Since free gravin is refractive to the affinity resin, the proteindetected in the eluate was associated with the regulatory subunit. Bothco-purification techniques strongly suggest that the PKA holoenzyme isassociated with gravin in vivo.

EXAMPLE 7

As previously discussed, thus far gravin has only been detected in humanfibroblasts, neurons and endothelial cells. To determine if gravin has amore broad cell distribution or could be induced in other cell types,antibody 4037J was used against lysates of primary human cells and avariety of human, monkey, rat and murine cell lines to detect expressionby Western blot analysis.

Preparation of Cells

Primary peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were isolated fromheparinzied peripheral blood from adult volunteers. Blood was diluted1:1 with CMF-PBS and centrifuged over Histopaque (Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.)at a density of 1.096 g/cm⁻³ for thirty minutes at 400×g. The resultinginterface was collected and washed in CMF-PBS. Monocytes were isolatedfrom PBMC (prepared as above) by an one hour incubation in a 100 mmnpolystyrene culture plate (Corning) in RPMI media supplemented with 10%fetal bovine serum. Non-adherent cells were washed away with CMF-PBS.Adherent cells (monocytes) were scraped from the plastic with a rubberspatula, then washed in PBS. Polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) were islatedfrom peripheral blood using the red blood cell/granulocyte fraction ofthe histopaque procedure described above. The cell pellet wasresuspended in an equal volume of CMF-PBS and 3% dextran (Pharmacia,Uppsala, Sweden) in 0.9% NaCl for thirty minutes to allow forsedimentation of the red blood cells. The PMN enriched supernatant wascollected and washed three times in CMF-PBS. Between washes residual redblood cells were subjected to hypotonic lysis in 1 ml of water forthirty seconds. Remaining cells were returned to isotonic conditionswith 50 ml of CMF-PBS.

The following human cell lines were obtained from ATCC (American TypeCulture Collection, Rockville, Md.) and maintained in RPMI±10% fetalbovine serum: HEL (human erythroleukemia), A549 (human lung epithelia),HEK 293 (human embryonic kidney), HL60 (human promyelocytic leukemia),KU812 (immature human basophilic leukocyte), Jurkat (human T celllymphoma), THP1.1 (human moncyte), RBL2H3 (rat basophilic leukemia), COS(monkey fibroblast), RAW309 (murine monocyte), RAW264.7 (murinemonocyte), 3T3L1 (murine embryonic fibroblast), L929 (murine fibroblast)and EL4IL-2 (murine thymoma).

The cell cultures were incubated overnight in the presence of 40 ng/mlPMA, 10 ng/ml lipopolysaccharide (LPS), 10⁻⁸ M f-met-leu-phe (fMLP) (allfrom Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.) or 10 ng/ml tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNFα, Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, Ind.) to determine if gravinexpression could be stimulated. Lysates from cell pellets were preparedand protein concentrations determined as previously described in Example6. Cell lysates were assayed for gravin by western blot as describedusin, Protein-A purified anti-gravin antibody 4037J at 5 μg/ml.

Expression of Gravin in Various Cell Lines

Western analysis showed that a 250 Kd band was detected in several humancell lines including KU812, REK293, A549, THP 1.1 and murine cell lines3T3L1 and L929. For primary human cells, only adherent monocytesexpressed the 250 kDa band. With the exception of PMA stimulation of HELcells (see Example 6), this band was not induced in any other cells witheither PMA, LPS, fMLP or TNFα. These bands were confirmed to be RIIbinding proteins by an overlay assay as described in Example 2. Thecells that expressed gravin shared a common feature of adherence toplastic or growth in cell clusters.

Co-immunoprecipitation of Gravin and RII

HEK293 cells were harvested from culture and a lysate was prepared asdescribed in Example 4. HEK293 lysate (100 μg) was incubated with 10 μgof either 4037J (anti-gravin polyclonal) or 241A (anti-human RIImonoclonal) antibody for two hours on ice. An equal volume of prewashedProtein G-Sepharose beads (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden) were added andsamples incubated for one hour on a rotor at 4° C. The beads were washedthree times in lysis buffer, then once in PBS. SDS sample buffer wasadded to the beads which were then boiled for two minutes at 100° C. Thesamples were spun down and the supernatant recovered. The samples wererun on to a 4-12% SDS-PAGE gel in duplicate lanes along with antibody (2μg), and cell lysate (25 μg) as controls. Proteins were transferred toimmobilon by standard techniques. Western analysis was performed on theresulting blots by the methods described in 6. One blot was probed with4037J antibody and detected with a goat anti-rabbit IgG-HRP and theother blot was incubated with 241A antibody and detected with goatanti-mouse IgG-HRP.

In the gravin Western a 250 kDa band was detected in lanes containingthe cell lysate, 4037J co-immunoprecipiate. and the 241Aco-imunoprecipitate samples. In the RII western a 54 kDa band wasdetected in the cell lysate. In the lanes containing the 4037J and 241Aco-immunoprecipitates, a doublet was detected with one band at 54 kDaand another band running slightly higher. This upper band aligned withthe IgG lane indicating the lower band to be RII. These resultsdemonstrate that gravin and RII are associated in cells and can beco-immunoprecipitated from cell lysates using either an anti-gravin oran anti-RII antibody.

EXAMPLE 8

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is a neurotransmitter-gated ionchannel comprising five transmembrane polypeptides. The fivepolypeptides appear to form a transmembrane aqueous pore through whichcations can flow. In response to the binding of acetylcholine, the ionchannel "opens" and permits the flow of Na⁺ into the cell (sodiumcurrent). The influx of sodium ions causes membrane depolarization whichsignals the muscle to contract. Individual receptors appear to rapidlyopen and close during the period of time that acetylcholine remainsbound to the receptor. Within a few hundred milliseconds ofacetylcholine binding, the channel closes and prevents further flow ofsodium current and the acetylcholine signal is terminated.

The sensitivity of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor to acetylcholineis attenuated by the phosphorylation of the transmembrane polypeptides(desensitization). Prolonged exposure of the receptor to acetylcholineleads to desensitization of the receptor. PKA appears be involved indesensitization of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor byphosphorylating serine and tyrosine residues of the five transmembranepolypeptides. Myasthenia gravis is an autoiminune disease associatedwith the development of antibodies to the nicotinic acetylcholinereceptors.

The present invention contemplates that gravin functions to localize PKAand PKC to a particular subcellular area of the cell. The role of gravinin coordination of PKA and PKC targeting to cytoskeletal componentswould be analogous to the role of AKAP79 role in clustering PKA, PKC,and protein phosphatase 2B at the postsynaptic density which is aspecialized structure of the dendritic cytoskeleton [Coghlan et al.,1995b; Klauck et al., 1996; Rosenmund et al., Nature, 368:853-856(1994)1.

Modulators which inhibit or abolish binding between gravin and PKAand/or PKC are useful in modulating the localization of PKA and/or PKCto particular subcellular regions. These modulators may includepolypeptides which specifically bind to gravin or fragments of gravinwhich bind to PKA and/or PKC, and other non-peptide compounds (e.g.isolated or synthetic organic or inorganic molecules) which specificallyinteract with gravin or fragments of gravin.

EXAMPLE 9

An assay to determine the binding of gravin to binding partners wasdeveloped. The C-terminal clone, HF9, containing the RII binding regionof gravin, was cloned into a Thioredoxin (Trx) bacterial expressionvector as described below. The C-terminal clone, pBSII9 (described inExample 3), containing the RII binding region of gravin in was clonedinto a Thioredoxin (Trx) bacterial expression vector. Briefly, toconstruct a thioredoxin expression vector, an XbaI/HindIII thioredoxinfragment was subclonsed into pUC 19 containing a lac Z gene and a tacZpromotoer. The resulting plasmid was designated TRX F/S pUC19. In orderto insert the HF9 clone into TRX F/S pUC19, an NcoI site was createdwith an oligonucleotide: Met1153, 5═ TACAACCATGGACAGGCTATCCCC. (The NCOcleavage site is underlined). The 3' oligonucleotide used was T7(Strategene). Amplification of pBS/HF9 with the two oligonucleotidesresulted in a 3 kb fragment which was digested with NcoI and XhoI (thelatter provided the polylinker of pBS). Then NcoI/XhoI fragment wasligated in frame with the thioredoxin gene in TRX F/S pUC19 (predigestedwith NcoI/XhoI). The fusion protein was expressed in E. Coli, inducedwith 1 mM IPTG to O.D.₆₀₀ of 0.7 at 30° C. Cells were harvested, lysedwith French Press under standard conditions.],

The protein-protein binding assays were performed as follows. Briefly,anti-Trx mouse monoclonal antibodies were passively captured ontoImmulon plates (Dynatech) in PBS. Anti-Trx monoclonal antibody wasprepared using the methods described in Example 5. Nonspecific sites inthe wells were blocked at room temperature for one hour with a buffercontaining 2.5% milk in 50 mM sodium citrate and 145 mM sodium chloride.E coli lysate containing Trx/C-terminal gravin was added to wells inPBS/0.2% BSA for overnight at 4° C. Free and non-specific proteins wereremoved with several washes with PBS. Biotinylated RII (chemicallybiotinylated using standard procedures) was then used as a ligand, andadded in PBS/0.02% BSA. After three hours of incubation at roomtemperature, unbound proteins were removed with multiple washes ofPBS/0.05% Tween 20. Streptavidin-Eu (Wallac) was diluted 1:1000 in assaybuffer (Wallac) and added to detect biotinylated RII/gravin complexes.After additional washes in PBS/0 05% Tween to remove non-specificallybound proteins, Enhancement solution (Wallac) diluted 1:1 in water wasadded and release of europium was measured by increased fluorescenceusing a DELFIA^(R) Research Fluormeter (Model 1232, Wallac).

This protein-protein binding assay indicated that over 50% of thebinding to gravin was pecific. Biotinylated RII bound to gravin in aspecific and saturable manner. The Kd for the interaction was found tobe approximately 50 nM, similar to that reported in Nauert el al, 1996using surface plasmon resonance.

EXAMPLE 10

The amino acid sequence of gravin exhibits some similarity toSSeCKS/clone 322/clone 72 [Chapline et al., 1996]. There isapproximately 69% homology in the first 1,000 amino acids of gravin andSSeCKS. Gravin also exhibits some homology in selected regions tomyristoylated alanine rich PKC substrate (MARCKS) [Aderein, Cell,71:713-716 (1992)]. However, the remainder of each of the proteinsequences are distinct. Also, gravin is a protein of 1780 amino acidswhich migrates with a mobility of 250 kDa on SDS gels, whereasSSeCKS/clone 72 is 1687 residues and migrates at 207 kDa [Lin et al.,(1995), Chaplin, et al., (1995) and National Center for BiotechnologyInformation accession no. 2210332A]. In addition, the identification offive prospective nuclear localization signals has led to the idea thatSSeCKS is a nuclear protein [Lin et al., 1995], whereas immunochemicaldata clearly shows that gravin is cytoplasmic and likely to be acytoskeletal component. Clone 322 was described as being a tumorsuppressor gene which is down regulated in oncogene transformed cells.Based upon a sequence similarities between gravin and clone 72 (andclone 322), gravin may also function as a tumor suppressor gene.

It is well known in the art that cancerous cells are non-adhesive cells.The non-adhesive nature of malignant cancer cells allows these cells tometastasize. The release or de-adhesion of a cancer cell from matrixproteins or other cells is prerequisite to migration or metastasis tonew sites. Transformed or tumorigenic cells may be converted to a lesstumorigenic state by increased expression of cytoplasmic proteins suchas alpha actinin or talin that function in cytoskeletal reorganization,adhesion and migration [Gluck et al., Cell Science, 107:1773-1782(1994)].

A tissue survey has shown that gravin exhibits a restricted cellulardistribution and is predominantly expressed in fibroblasts, neurons andcells derived from the neural crest [Grove et al., 1994]. Since each ofthese cell types participates in adherent, migratory or path-seekingfunctions, it was postulated that gravin may regulatemembrane/cytoskeleton events [Grove et al., 1994]. This view has beenfurther substantiated by the immunolocalization experiments described inExample 6 which indicates that gravin may concentrate PKA in the rufflesand filopodia of adherent HEL cells. In addition, the data disclosed inExample 6 point toward a role for gravin in cell adhesion. Phorbol esterinduced adhesion in HEL cells [Papayannopoulou et al., 1983] isconcomitant with the increased gravin expression; whereas loss of anadherent phenotype upon transformation of REF 52 fibroblasts with anSV40 derivative is coincident with the down-regulation of clone 72[Chapline et al., 1996]. Since phosphorylation events help to maintainthe integrity of the membrane/cytoskeleton it is also tempting tospeculate that PKA and PKC anchoring by gravin may play a role inadherent processes.

Given that gravin is expressed in adherent cells, but not innon-adherent cells, and given that clone 72 is down-regulated inoncogene transformed cells, gravin is implicated in cancer biology.Similar to its function in localizing kinases near the nicotinicacetylcholine receptor, gravin may also localize one or more kinasesnear a cell adhesion molecule wherein the response to cellular signalsor other stimuli causes the phosphorylation of the cell adhesionmolecule. It has been reported that substitution of threonine residuesin the cytoplasmic domain of the LFA-1β subunit abolishes LFA-1 mediatedcell adhesion [Hibbs, et al., J.Exp. Med., 174:1227-1238 (1991)]. Thesethreonine residues appear to be phosphorylated during cellularactivation [Valmu et al., J. Immunol., 155:1175-1183 (1995)]. Theseresidues are conserved in other integrin β subunits. Thus,phosphorylation may regulate cell adhesion mediated by several distinctintegrins.

Modulators which inhibit or abolish binding between gravin and itsbinding partner are useful in modulating localization of the bindingpartner by gravin. For example, modulators may interfere with thelocalization of a kinase near cell adhesion molecules. These modulatorsmay include polypeptides which specifically bind to gravin or fragmentsof gravin which bind to a gravin binding partner, and other non-peptidecompounds (e.g. isolated or synthetic organic or inorganic molecules)which specifically interact with gravin or fragments of gravin.

Numerous modifications and variations in the practice of this inventionare expected to occur to those of skill in the art. Consequently, onlysuch limitations as appear in the appended claims should be placed onthe invention.

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Thr Lys Ser Ser Lys Leu Val Gln Asn Ile Il - #e Gln Thr Ala Val Asp         #            30                                                               - Gln Phe Val Arg Thr Glu Glu Thr Ala Thr Gl - #u Met Leu Thr Ser Glu         #        45                                                                   - Leu Gln Thr Gln Ala His Val Ile Lys                                         #    55                                                                       - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:                                            -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 27 amino                                                          (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:                                 - Ile Leu Glu Leu Glu Thr Lys Ser Ser Lys Le - #u Val Gln Asn Ile Ile         #                15                                                           - Gln Thr Ala Val Asp Gln Phe Val Arg Thr Gl - #u                             #            25                                                               - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:                                            -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 292 amino                                                         (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:                                 - Lys Glu Glu Gly Glu Glu Lys Gln Glu Lys Gl - #u Pro Ser Lys Ser Ala         #                15                                                           - Glu Ser Pro Thr Ser Pro Val Thr Ser Glu Th - #r Gly Ser Thr Phe Lys         #            30                                                               - Lys Phe Phe Thr Gln Gly Trp Ala Gly Trp Ar - #g Lys Lys Thr Ser Phe         #        45                                                                   - Arg Lys Pro Lys Glu Asp Glu Val Glu Ala Se - #r Glu Lys Lys Lys Glu         #    60                                                                       - Gln Glu Pro Glu Lys Val Asp Thr Glu Glu As - #p Gly Lys Ala Glu Val         #80                                                                           - Ala Ser Glu Lys Leu Thr Ala Ser Glu Gln Al - #a His Pro Gln Glu Pro         #                95                                                           - Ala Glu Ser Ala His Glu Pro Arg Leu Ser Al - #a Glu Tyr Glu Lys Val         #           110                                                               - Glu Leu Pro Ser Glu Glu Gln Val Ser Gly Se - #r Gln Gly Pro Ser Glu         #       125                                                                   - Glu Lys Pro Ala Pro Leu Ala Thr Glu Val Ph - #e Asp Glu Lys Ile Glu         #   140                                                                       - Val His Gln Glu Glu Val Val Ala Glu Val Hi - #s Val Ser Thr Val Glu         145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                           - Glu Arg Thr Glu Glu Gln Lys Thr Glu Val Gl - #u Glu Thr Ala Gly Ser         #               175                                                           - Val Pro Ala Glu Glu Leu Val Gly Met Asp Al - #a Glu Pro Gln Glu Ala         #           190                                                               - Glu Pro Ala Lys Glu Leu Val Lys Leu Lys Gl - #u Thr Cys Val Ser Gly         #       205                                                                   - Glu Asp Pro Thr Gln Gly Ala Asp Leu Ser Pr - #o Asp Glu Lys Val Leu         #   220                                                                       - Ser Lys Pro Pro Glu Gly Val Val Ser Glu Va - #l Glu Met Leu Ser Ser         225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                           - Gln Glu Arg Met Lys Val Gln Gly Ser Pro Le - #u Lys Lys Leu Phe Thr         #               255                                                           - Ser Thr Gly Leu Lys Lys Leu Ser Gly Lys Ly - #s Gln Lys Gly Lys Arg         #           270                                                               - Gly Gly Gly Asp Glu Glu Ser Gly Glu His Th - #r Gln Val Pro Ala Asp         #       285                                                                   - Ser Pro Asp Ser                                                                 290                                                                       - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:                                            -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 6605 base                                                         (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA                                                -     (ix) FEATURE:                                                                     (A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                             (B) LOCATION: 192..5531                                             -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:                                 - CCTTCTTTTA AGGAGTTTGC CGCGAGCGCG TCTCCTTCAT TCGCAGGCTG GG - #CGCGTTCG         60                                                                          - CAGTCGGCTG GCGGCGAAGG AAGGCGCTCT CGGGACCTCA CGGGCGCGCG TC - #TTTTGGCT        120                                                                          - CTTGCCCCTG TCCCTGCGGC TTGGGGAAAG CGTAACCCGG CGGCTAGGCG CG - #GGAGAAGT        180                                                                          #CAG CGC AGC CCG GAG     230GG AGC TCC ACC GAG                                #Gly Ser Ser Thr Glu Gln Arg Ser Pro Glu                                      #            10                                                               - CAG CCG CCC GAG GGG AGC TCC ACG CCG GCT GA - #G CCC GAG CCC AGC GGC          278                                                                          Gln Pro Pro Glu Gly Ser Ser Thr Pro Ala Gl - #u Pro Glu Pro Ser Gly           #     25                                                                      - GGC GGC CCC TCG GCC GAG GCG GCG CCA GAC AC - #C ACC GCG GAC CCC GCC          326                                                                          Gly Gly Pro Ser Ala Glu Ala Ala Pro Asp Th - #r Thr Ala Asp Pro Ala           # 45                                                                          - ATC GCT GCC TCG GAC CCC GCC ACC AAG CTC CT - #A CAG AAG AAT GGT CAG          374                                                                          Ile Ala Ala Ser Asp Pro Ala Thr Lys Leu Le - #u Gln Lys Asn Gly Gln           #                 60                                                          - CTG TCC ACC ATC AAT GGC GTA GCT GAG CAA GA - #T GAG CTC AGC CTC CAG          422                                                                          Leu Ser Thr Ile Asn Gly Val Ala Glu Gln As - #p Glu Leu Ser Leu Gln           #             75                                                              - GAG GGT GAC CTA AAT GGC CAG AAA GGA GCC CT - #G AAC GGT CAA GGA GCC          470                                                                          Glu Gly Asp Leu Asn Gly Gln Lys Gly Ala Le - #u Asn Gly Gln Gly Ala           #         90                                                                  - CTA AAC AGC CAG GAG GAA GAA GAA GTC ATT GT - #C ACG GAG GTT GGA CAG          518                                                                          Leu Asn Ser Gln Glu Glu Glu Glu Val Ile Va - #l Thr Glu Val Gly Gln           #    105                                                                      - AGA GAC TCT GAA GAT GTG AGC GAA AGA GAC TC - #C GAT AAA GAG ATG GCT          566                                                                          Arg Asp Ser Glu Asp Val Ser Glu Arg Asp Se - #r Asp Lys Glu Met Ala           110                 1 - #15                 1 - #20                 1 -       #25                                                                           - ACT AAG TCA GCG GTT GTT CAC GAC ATC ACA GA - #T GAT GGG CAG GAG GAG          614                                                                          Thr Lys Ser Ala Val Val His Asp Ile Thr As - #p Asp Gly Gln Glu Glu           #               140                                                           - AAC CGA AAT ATC GAA CAG ATT CCT TCT TCA GA - #A AGC AAT TTA GAA GAG          662                                                                          Asn Arg Asn Ile Glu Gln Ile Pro Ser Ser Gl - #u Ser Asn Leu Glu Glu           #           155                                                               - CTA ACA CAA CCC ACT GAG TCC CAG GCT AAT GA - #T ATT GGA TTT AAG AAG          710                                                                          Leu Thr Gln Pro Thr Glu Ser Gln Ala Asn As - #p Ile Gly Phe Lys Lys           #       170                                                                   - GTG TTT AAG TTT GTT GGC TTT AAA TTC ACT GT - #G AAA AAG GAT AAG ACA          758                                                                          Val Phe Lys Phe Val Gly Phe Lys Phe Thr Va - #l Lys Lys Asp Lys Thr           #   185                                                                       - GAG AAG CCT GAC ACT GTC CAG CTA CTC ACT GT - #G AAG AAA GAT GAA GGG          806                                                                          Glu Lys Pro Asp Thr Val Gln Leu Leu Thr Va - #l Lys Lys Asp Glu Gly           190                 1 - #95                 2 - #00                 2 -       #05                                                                           - GAG GGA GCA GCA GGG GCT GGC GAC CAC CAG GA - #C CCC AGC CTT GGG GCT          854                                                                          Glu Gly Ala Ala Gly Ala Gly Asp His Gln As - #p Pro Ser Leu Gly Ala           #               220                                                           - GGA GAA GCA GCA TCC AAA GAA AGC GAA CCC AA - #A CAA TCT ACA GAG AAA          902                                                                          Gly Glu Ala Ala Ser Lys Glu Ser Glu Pro Ly - #s Gln Ser Thr Glu Lys           #           235                                                               - CCC GAA GAG ACC CTG AAG CGT GAG CAA AGC CA - #C GCA GAA ATT TCT CCC          950                                                                          Pro Glu Glu Thr Leu Lys Arg Glu Gln Ser Hi - #s Ala Glu Ile Ser Pro           #       250                                                                   - CCA GCC GAA TCT GGC CAA GCA GTG GAG GAA TG - #C AAA GAG GAA GGA GAA          998                                                                          Pro Ala Glu Ser Gly Gln Ala Val Glu Glu Cy - #s Lys Glu Glu Gly Glu           #   265                                                                       - GAG AAA CAA GAA AAA GAA CCT AGC AAG TCT GC - #A GAA TCT CCG ACT AGT         1046                                                                          Glu Lys Gln Glu Lys Glu Pro Ser Lys Ser Al - #a Glu Ser Pro Thr Ser           270                 2 - #75                 2 - #80                 2 -       #85                                                                           - CCC GTG ACC AGT GAA ACA GGA TCA ACC TTC AA - #A AAA TTC TTC ACT CAA         1094                                                                          Pro Val Thr Ser Glu Thr Gly Ser Thr Phe Ly - #s Lys Phe Phe Thr Gln           #               300                                                           - GGT TGG GCC GGC TGG CGC AAA AAG ACC AGT TT - #C AGG AAG CCG AAG GAG         1142                                                                          Gly Trp Ala Gly Trp Arg Lys Lys Thr Ser Ph - #e Arg Lys Pro Lys Glu           #           315                                                               - GAT GAA GTG GAA GCT TCA GAG AAG AAA AAG GA - #A CAA GAG CCA GAA AAA         1190                                                                          Asp Glu Val Glu Ala Ser Glu Lys Lys Lys Gl - #u Gln Glu Pro Glu Lys           #       330                                                                   - GTA GAC ACA GAA GAA GAC GGA AAG GCA GAG GT - #T GCC TCC GAG AAA CTG         1238                                                                          Val Asp Thr Glu Glu Asp Gly Lys Ala Glu Va - #l Ala Ser Glu Lys Leu           #   345                                                                       - ACC GCC TCC GAG CAA GCC CAC CCA CAG GAG CC - #G GCA GAA AGT GCC CAC         1286                                                                          Thr Ala Ser Glu Gln Ala His Pro Gln Glu Pr - #o Ala Glu Ser Ala His           350                 3 - #55                 3 - #60                 3 -       #65                                                                           - GAG CCC CGG TTA TCA GCT GAA TAT GAG AAA GT - #T GAG CTG CCC TCA GAG         1334                                                                          Glu Pro Arg Leu Ser Ala Glu Tyr Glu Lys Va - #l Glu Leu Pro Ser Glu           #               380                                                           - GAG CAA GTC AGT GGC TCG CAG GGA CCT TCT GA - #A GAG AAA CCT GCT CCG         1382                                                                          Glu Gln Val Ser Gly Ser Gln Gly Pro Ser Gl - #u Glu Lys Pro Ala Pro           #           395                                                               - TTG GCG ACA GAA GTG TTT GAT GAG AAA ATA GA - #A GTC CAC CAA GAA GAG         1430                                                                          Leu Ala Thr Glu Val Phe Asp Glu Lys Ile Gl - #u Val His Gln Glu Glu           #       410                                                                   - GTT GTG GCC GAA GTC CAC GTC AGC ACC GTG GA - #G GAG AGA ACC GAA GAG         1478                                                                          Val Val Ala Glu Val His Val Ser Thr Val Gl - #u Glu Arg Thr Glu Glu           #   425                                                                       - CAG AAA ACG GAG GTG GAA GAA ACA GCA GGG TC - #T GTG CCA GCT GAA GAA         1526                                                                          Gln Lys Thr Glu Val Glu Glu Thr Ala Gly Se - #r Val Pro Ala Glu Glu           430                 4 - #35                 4 - #40                 4 -       #45                                                                           - TTG GTT GGA ATG GAT GCA GAA CCT CAG GAA GC - #C GAA CCT GCC AAG GAG         1574                                                                          Leu Val Gly Met Asp Ala Glu Pro Gln Glu Al - #a Glu Pro Ala Lys Glu           #               460                                                           - CTG GTG AAG CTC AAA GAA ACG TGT GTT TCC GG - #A GAG GAC CCT ACA CAG         1622                                                                          Leu Val Lys Leu Lys Glu Thr Cys Val Ser Gl - #y Glu Asp Pro Thr Gln           #           475                                                               - GGA GCT GAC CTC AGT CCT GAT GAG AAG GTG CT - #G TCC AAA CCC CCC GAA         1670                                                                          Gly Ala Asp Leu Ser Pro Asp Glu Lys Val Le - #u Ser Lys Pro Pro Glu           #       490                                                                   - GGC GTT GTG AGT GAG GTG GAA ATG CTG TCA TC - #A CAG GAG AGA ATG AAG         1718                                                                          Gly Val Val Ser Glu Val Glu Met Leu Ser Se - #r Gln Glu Arg Met Lys           #   505                                                                       - GTG CAG GGA AGT CCA CTA AAG AAG CTT TTT AC - #C AGC ACT GGC TTA AAA         1766                                                                          Val Gln Gly Ser Pro Leu Lys Lys Leu Phe Th - #r Ser Thr Gly Leu Lys           510                 5 - #15                 5 - #20                 5 -       #25                                                                           - AAG CTT TCT GGA AAG AAA CAG AAA GGG AAA AG - #A GGA GGA GGA GAC GAG         1814                                                                          Lys Leu Ser Gly Lys Lys Gln Lys Gly Lys Ar - #g Gly Gly Gly Asp Glu           #               540                                                           - GAA TCA GGG GAG CAC ACT CAG GTT CCA GCC GA - #T TCT CCG GAC AGC CAG         1862                                                                          Glu Ser Gly Glu His Thr Gln Val Pro Ala As - #p Ser Pro Asp Ser Gln           #           555                                                               - GAG GAG CAA AAG GGC GAG AGC TCT GCC TCA TC - #C CCT GAG GAG CCC GAG         1910                                                                          Glu Glu Gln Lys Gly Glu Ser Ser Ala Ser Se - #r Pro Glu Glu Pro Glu           #       570                                                                   - GAG ATC ACG TGT CTG GAA AAG GGC TTA GCC GA - #G GTG CAG CAG GAT GGG         1958                                                                          Glu Ile Thr Cys Leu Glu Lys Gly Leu Ala Gl - #u Val Gln Gln Asp Gly           #   585                                                                       - GAA GCT GAA GAA GGA GCT ACT TCC GAT GGA GA - #G AAA AAA AGA GAA GGT         2006                                                                          Glu Ala Glu Glu Gly Ala Thr Ser Asp Gly Gl - #u Lys Lys Arg Glu Gly           590                 5 - #95                 6 - #00                 6 -       #05                                                                           - GTC ACT CCC TGG GCA TCA TTC AAA AAG ATG GT - #G ACG CCC AAG AAG CGT         2054                                                                          Val Thr Pro Trp Ala Ser Phe Lys Lys Met Va - #l Thr Pro Lys Lys Arg           #               620                                                           - GTT AGA CGG CCT TCG GAA AGT GAT AAA GAA GA - #T GAG CTG GAC AAG GTC         2102                                                                          Val Arg Arg Pro Ser Glu Ser Asp Lys Glu As - #p Glu Leu Asp Lys Val           #           635                                                               - AAG AGC GCT ACC TTG TCT TCC ACC GAG AGC AC - #A GCC TCT GAA ATG CAA         2150                                                                          Lys Ser Ala Thr Leu Ser Ser Thr Glu Ser Th - #r Ala Ser Glu Met Gln           #       650                                                                   - GAA GAA ATG AAA GGG AGC GTG GAA GAG CCA AA - #G CCG GAA GAA CCA AAG         2198                                                                          Glu Glu Met Lys Gly Ser Val Glu Glu Pro Ly - #s Pro Glu Glu Pro Lys           #   665                                                                       - CGC AAG GTG GAT ACC TCA GTA TCT TGG GAA GC - #T TTA ATT TGT GTG GGA         2246                                                                          Arg Lys Val Asp Thr Ser Val Ser Trp Glu Al - #a Leu Ile Cys Val Gly           670                 6 - #75                 6 - #80                 6 -       #85                                                                           - TCA TCC AAG AAA AGA GCA AGG AGA AGG TCC TC - #T TCT GAT GAG GAA GGG         2294                                                                          Ser Ser Lys Lys Arg Ala Arg Arg Arg Ser Se - #r Ser Asp Glu Glu Gly           #               700                                                           - GGA CCA AAA GCA ATG GGA GGA GAC CAC CAG AA - #A GCT GAT GAG GCC GGA         2342                                                                          Gly Pro Lys Ala Met Gly Gly Asp His Gln Ly - #s Ala Asp Glu Ala Gly           #           715                                                               - AAA GAC AAA GAG ACG GGG ACA GAC GGG ATC CT - #T GCT GGT TCC CAA GAA         2390                                                                          Lys Asp Lys Glu Thr Gly Thr Asp Gly Ile Le - #u Ala Gly Ser Gln Glu           #       730                                                                   - CAT GAT CCA GGG CAG GGA AGT TCC TCC CCG GA - #G CAA GCT GGA AGC CCT         2438                                                                          His Asp Pro Gly Gln Gly Ser Ser Ser Pro Gl - #u Gln Ala Gly Ser Pro           #   745                                                                       - ACC GAA GGG GAG GGC GTT TCC ACC TGG GAG TC - #A TTT AAA AGG TTA GTC         2486                                                                          Thr Glu Gly Glu Gly Val Ser Thr Trp Glu Se - #r Phe Lys Arg Leu Val           750                 7 - #55                 7 - #60                 7 -       #65                                                                           - ACG CCA AGA AAA AAA TCA AAG TCC AAG CTG GA - #A GAG AAA AGC GAA GAC         2534                                                                          Thr Pro Arg Lys Lys Ser Lys Ser Lys Leu Gl - #u Glu Lys Ser Glu Asp           #               780                                                           - TCC ATA GCT GGG TCT GGT GTA GAA CAT TCC AC - #T CCA GAC ACT GAA CCC         2582                                                                          Ser Ile Ala Gly Ser Gly Val Glu His Ser Th - #r Pro Asp Thr Glu Pro           #           795                                                               - GGT AAA GAA GAA TCC TGG GTC TCA ATC AAG AA - #G TTT ATT CCT GGA CGA         2630                                                                          Gly Lys Glu Glu Ser Trp Val Ser Ile Lys Ly - #s Phe Ile Pro Gly Arg           #       810                                                                   - AGG AAG AAA AGG CCA GAT GGG AAA CAA GAA CA - #A GCC CCT GTT GAA GAC         2678                                                                          Arg Lys Lys Arg Pro Asp Gly Lys Gln Glu Gl - #n Ala Pro Val Glu Asp           #   825                                                                       - GCA GGG CCA ACA GGG GCC AAC GAA GAT GAC TC - #T GAT GTC CCG GCC GTG         2726                                                                          Ala Gly Pro Thr Gly Ala Asn Glu Asp Asp Se - #r Asp Val Pro Ala Val           830                 8 - #35                 8 - #40                 8 -       #45                                                                           - GTC CCT CTG TCT GAG TAT GAT GCT GTA GAA AG - #G GAG AAA ATG GAG GCA         2774                                                                          Val Pro Leu Ser Glu Tyr Asp Ala Val Glu Ar - #g Glu Lys Met Glu Ala           #               860                                                           - CAG CAA GCC CAA AAA GGC GCA GAG CAG CCC GA - #G CAG AAG GCA GCC ACT         2822                                                                          Gln Gln Ala Gln Lys Gly Ala Glu Gln Pro Gl - #u Gln Lys Ala Ala Thr           #           875                                                               - GAG GTG TCC AAG GAG CTC AGC GAG AGT CAG GT - #T CAT ATG ATG GCA GCA         2870                                                                          Glu Val Ser Lys Glu Leu Ser Glu Ser Gln Va - #l His Met Met Ala Ala           #       890                                                                   - GCT GTC GCT GAC GGG ACG AGG GCA GCT ACC AT - #T ATT GAA GAA AGG TCT         2918                                                                          Ala Val Ala Asp Gly Thr Arg Ala Ala Thr Il - #e Ile Glu Glu Arg Ser           #   905                                                                       - CCT TCT TGG ATA TCT GCT TCA GTG ACA GAA CC - #T CTT GAA CAA GTA GAA         2966                                                                          Pro Ser Trp Ile Ser Ala Ser Val Thr Glu Pr - #o Leu Glu Gln Val Glu           910                 9 - #15                 9 - #20                 9 -       #25                                                                           - GCT GAA GCC GCA CTG TTA ACT GAG GAG GTA TT - #G GAA AGA GAA GTA ATT         3014                                                                          Ala Glu Ala Ala Leu Leu Thr Glu Glu Val Le - #u Glu Arg Glu Val Ile           #               940                                                           - GCA GAA GAA GAA CCC CCC ACG GTT ACT GAA CC - #T CTG CCA GAG AAC AGA         3062                                                                          Ala Glu Glu Glu Pro Pro Thr Val Thr Glu Pr - #o Leu Pro Glu Asn Arg           #           955                                                               - GAG GCC CGG GGC GAC ACG GTC GTT AGT GAG GC - #G GAA TTG ACC CCC GAA         3110                                                                          Glu Ala Arg Gly Asp Thr Val Val Ser Glu Al - #a Glu Leu Thr Pro Glu           #       970                                                                   - GCT GTG ACA GCT GCA GAA ACT GCA GGG CCA TT - #G GGT TCC GAA GAA GGA         3158                                                                          Ala Val Thr Ala Ala Glu Thr Ala Gly Pro Le - #u Gly Ser Glu Glu Gly           #   985                                                                       - ACC GAA GCA TCT GCT GCT GAA GAG ACC ACA GA - #A ATG GTG TCA GCA GTC         3206                                                                          Thr Glu Ala Ser Ala Ala Glu Glu Thr Thr Gl - #u Met Val Ser Ala Val           990                 9 - #95                 1 - #000                1005      - TCC CAG TTA ACC GAC TCC CCA GAC ACC ACA GA - #G GAG GCC ACT CCG GTG         3254                                                                          Ser Gln Leu Thr Asp Ser Pro Asp Thr Thr Gl - #u Glu Ala Thr Pro Val           #              10205                                                          - CAG GAG GTG GAA GGT GGC GTA CCT GAC ATA GA - #A GAG CAA GAG AGG CGG         3302                                                                          Gln Glu Val Glu Gly Gly Val Pro Asp Ile Gl - #u Glu Gln Glu Arg Arg           #          10350                                                              - ACT CAA GAG GTC CTC CAG GCA GTG GCA GAA AA - #A GTG AAA GAG GAA TCC         3350                                                                          Thr Gln Glu Val Leu Gln Ala Val Ala Glu Ly - #s Val Lys Glu Glu Ser           #      10505                                                                  - CAG CTG CCT GGC ACC GGT GGG CCA GAA GAT GT - #G CTT CAG CCT GTG CAG         3398                                                                          Gln Leu Pro Gly Thr Gly Gly Pro Glu Asp Va - #l Leu Gln Pro Val Gln           #  10650                                                                      - AGA GCA GAG GCA GAA AGA CCA GAA GAG CAG GC - #T GAA GCG TCG GGT CTG         3446                                                                          Arg Ala Glu Ala Glu Arg Pro Glu Glu Gln Al - #a Glu Ala Ser Gly Leu           #               10851075 - #                1080                              - AAG AAA GAG ACG GAT GTA GTG TTG AAA GTA GA - #T GCT CAG GAG GCA AAA         3494                                                                          Lys Lys Glu Thr Asp Val Val Leu Lys Val As - #p Ala Gln Glu Ala Lys           #              11005                                                          - ACT GAG CCT TTT ACA CAA GGG AAG GTG GTG GG - #G CAG ACC ACC CCA GAA         3542                                                                          Thr Glu Pro Phe Thr Gln Gly Lys Val Val Gl - #y Gln Thr Thr Pro Glu           #          11150                                                              - AGC TTT GAA AAA GCT CCT CAA GTC ACA GAG AG - #C ATA GAG TCC AGT GAG         3590                                                                          Ser Phe Glu Lys Ala Pro Gln Val Thr Glu Se - #r Ile Glu Ser Ser Glu           #      11305                                                                  - CTT GTA ACC ACT TGT CAA GCC GAA ACC TTA GC - #T GGG GTA AAA TCA CAG         3638                                                                          Leu Val Thr Thr Cys Gln Ala Glu Thr Leu Al - #a Gly Val Lys Ser Gln           #  11450                                                                      - GAG ATG GTG ATG GAA CAG GCT ATC CCC CCT GA - #C TCG GTG GAA ACC CCT         3686                                                                          Glu Met Val Met Glu Gln Ala Ile Pro Pro As - #p Ser Val Glu Thr Pro           #               11651155 - #                1160                              - ACA GAC AGT GAG ACT GAT GGA AGC ACC CCC GT - #A GCC GAC TTT GAC GCA         3734                                                                          Thr Asp Ser Glu Thr Asp Gly Ser Thr Pro Va - #l Ala Asp Phe Asp Ala           #              11805                                                          - CCA GGC ACA ACC CAG AAA GAC GAG ATT GTG GA - #A ATC CAT GAG GAG AAT         3782                                                                          Pro Gly Thr Thr Gln Lys Asp Glu Ile Val Gl - #u Ile His Glu Glu Asn           #          11950                                                              - GAG GTG CAT CTG GTA CCA GTC AGG GGC ACA GA - #A GCA GAG GCA GTT CCT         3830                                                                          Glu Val His Leu Val Pro Val Arg Gly Thr Gl - #u Ala Glu Ala Val Pro           #      12105                                                                  - GCA CAG AAA GAG AGG CCT CCA GCA CCT TCC AG - #T TTT GTG TTC CAG GAA         3878                                                                          Ala Gln Lys Glu Arg Pro Pro Ala Pro Ser Se - #r Phe Val Phe Gln Glu           #  12250                                                                      - GAA ACT AAA GAA CAA TCA AAG ATG GAA GAC AC - #T CTA GAG CAT ACA GAT         3926                                                                          Glu Thr Lys Glu Gln Ser Lys Met Glu Asp Th - #r Leu Glu His Thr Asp           #               12451235 - #                1240                              - AAA GAG GTG TCA GTG GAA ACT GTA TCC ATT CT - #G TCA AAG ACT GAG GGG         3974                                                                          Lys Glu Val Ser Val Glu Thr Val Ser Ile Le - #u Ser Lys Thr Glu Gly           #              12605                                                          - ACT CAA GAG GCT GAC CAG TAT GCT GAT GAG AA - #A ACC AAA GAC GTA CCA         4022                                                                          Thr Gln Glu Ala Asp Gln Tyr Ala Asp Glu Ly - #s Thr Lys Asp Val Pro           #          12750                                                              - TTT TTC GAA GGA CTT GAG GGG TCT ATA GAC AC - #A GGC ATA ACA GTC AGT         4070                                                                          Phe Phe Glu Gly Leu Glu Gly Ser Ile Asp Th - #r Gly Ile Thr Val Ser           #      12905                                                                  - CGG GAA AAG GTC ACT GAA GTT GCC CTT AAA GG - #T GAA GGG ACA GAA GAA         4118                                                                          Arg Glu Lys Val Thr Glu Val Ala Leu Lys Gl - #y Glu Gly Thr Glu Glu           #  13050                                                                      - GCT GAA TGT AAA AAG GAT GAT GCT CTT GAA CT - #G CAG AGT CAC GCT AAG         4166                                                                          Ala Glu Cys Lys Lys Asp Asp Ala Leu Glu Le - #u Gln Ser His Ala Lys           #               13251315 - #                1320                              - TCT CCT CCA TCC CCC GTG GAG AGA GAG ATG GT - #A GTT CAA GTC GAA AGG         4214                                                                          Ser Pro Pro Ser Pro Val Glu Arg Glu Met Va - #l Val Gln Val Glu Arg           #              13405                                                          - GAG AAA ACA GAA GCA GAG CCA ACC CAT GTG AA - #T GAA GAG AAG CTT GAG         4262                                                                          Glu Lys Thr Glu Ala Glu Pro Thr His Val As - #n Glu Glu Lys Leu Glu           #          13550                                                              - CAC GAA ACA GCT GTT ACC GTA TCT GAA GAG GT - #C AGT AAG CAG CTC CTC         4310                                                                          His Glu Thr Ala Val Thr Val Ser Glu Glu Va - #l Ser Lys Gln Leu Leu           #      13705                                                                  - CAG ACA GTG AAT GTG CCC ATC ATA GAT GGG GC - #A AAG GAA GTC AGC AGT         4358                                                                          Gln Thr Val Asn Val Pro Ile Ile Asp Gly Al - #a Lys Glu Val Ser Ser           #  13850                                                                      - TTG GAA GGA AGC CCT CCT CCC TGC CTA GGT CA - #A GAG GAG GCA GTA TGC         4406                                                                          Leu Glu Gly Ser Pro Pro Pro Cys Leu Gly Gl - #n Glu Glu Ala Val Cys           #               14051395 - #                1400                              - ACC AAA ATT CAA GTT CAG AGC TCT GAG GCA TC - #A TTC ACT CTA ACA GCG         4454                                                                          Thr Lys Ile Gln Val Gln Ser Ser Glu Ala Se - #r Phe Thr Leu Thr Ala           #              14205                                                          - GCT GCA GAG GAG GAA AAG GTC TTA GGA GAA AC - #T GCC AAC ATT TTA GAA         4502                                                                          Ala Ala Glu Glu Glu Lys Val Leu Gly Glu Th - #r Ala Asn Ile Leu Glu           #          14350                                                              - ACA GGT GAA ACG TTG GAG CCT GCA GGT GCA CA - #T TTA GTT CTG GAA GAG         4550                                                                          Thr Gly Glu Thr Leu Glu Pro Ala Gly Ala Hi - #s Leu Val Leu Glu Glu           #      14505                                                                  - AAA TCC TCT GAA AAA AAT GAA GAC TTT GCC GC - #T CAT CCA GGG GAA GAT         4598                                                                          Lys Ser Ser Glu Lys Asn Glu Asp Phe Ala Al - #a His Pro Gly Glu Asp           #  14650                                                                      - GCT GTG CCC ACA GGG CCC GAC TGT CAG GCA AA - #A TCG ACA CCA GTG ATA         4646                                                                          Ala Val Pro Thr Gly Pro Asp Cys Gln Ala Ly - #s Ser Thr Pro Val Ile           #               14851475 - #                1480                              - GTA TCT GCT ACT ACC AAG AAA GGC TTA AGT TC - #C GAC CTG GAA GGA GAG         4694                                                                          Val Ser Ala Thr Thr Lys Lys Gly Leu Ser Se - #r Asp Leu Glu Gly Glu           #              15005                                                          - AAA ACC ACA TCA CTG AAG TGG AAG TCA GAT GA - #A GTC GAT GAG CAG GTT         4742                                                                          Lys Thr Thr Ser Leu Lys Trp Lys Ser Asp Gl - #u Val Asp Glu Gln Val           #          15150                                                              - GCT TGC CAG GAG GTC AAA GTG AGT GTA GCA AT - #T GAG GAT TTA GAG CCT         4790                                                                          Ala Cys Gln Glu Val Lys Val Ser Val Ala Il - #e Glu Asp Leu Glu Pro           #      15305                                                                  - GAA AAT GGG ATT TTG GAA CTT GAG ACC AAA AG - #C AGT AAA CTT GTC CAA         4838                                                                          Glu Asn Gly Ile Leu Glu Leu Glu Thr Lys Se - #r Ser Lys Leu Val Gln           #  15450                                                                      - AAC ATC ATC CAG ACA GCC GTT GAC CAG TTT GT - #A CGT ACA GAA GAA ACA         4886                                                                          Asn Ile Ile Gln Thr Ala Val Asp Gln Phe Va - #l Arg Thr Glu Glu Thr           #               15651555 - #                1560                              - GCC ACC GAA ATG TTG ACG TCT GAG TTA CAG AC - #A CAA GCT CAC GTG ATA         4934                                                                          Ala Thr Glu Met Leu Thr Ser Glu Leu Gln Th - #r Gln Ala His Val Ile           #              15805                                                          - AAA GCT GAC AGC CAG GAC GCT GGA CAG GAA AC - #G GAG AAA GAA GGA GAG         4982                                                                          Lys Ala Asp Ser Gln Asp Ala Gly Gln Glu Th - #r Glu Lys Glu Gly Glu           #          15950                                                              - GAA CCT CAG GCC TCT GCA CAG GAT GAA ACA CC - #A ATT ACT TCA GCC AAA         5030                                                                          Glu Pro Gln Ala Ser Ala Gln Asp Glu Thr Pr - #o Ile Thr Ser Ala Lys           #      16105                                                                  - GAG GAG TCA GAG TCA ACC GCA GTG GGA CAA GC - #A CAT TCT GAT ATT TCC         5078                                                                          Glu Glu Ser Glu Ser Thr Ala Val Gly Gln Al - #a His Ser Asp Ile Ser           #  16250                                                                      - AAA GAC ATG AGT GAA GCC TCA GAA AAG ACC AT - #G ACT GTT GAG GTA GAA         5126                                                                          Lys Asp Met Ser Glu Ala Ser Glu Lys Thr Me - #t Thr Val Glu Val Glu           #               16451635 - #                1640                              - GGT TCC ACT GTA AAT GAT CAG CAG CTG GAA GA - #G GTC GTC CTC CCA TCT         5174                                                                          Gly Ser Thr Val Asn Asp Gln Gln Leu Glu Gl - #u Val Val Leu Pro Ser           #              16605                                                          - GAG GAA GAG GGA GGT GGA GCT GGA ACA AAG TC - #T GTG CCA GAA GAT GAT         5222                                                                          Glu Glu Glu Gly Gly Gly Ala Gly Thr Lys Se - #r Val Pro Glu Asp Asp           #          16750                                                              - GGT CAT GCC TTG TTA GCA GAA AGA ATA GAG AA - #G TCA CTA GTT GAA CCG         5270                                                                          Gly His Ala Leu Leu Ala Glu Arg Ile Glu Ly - #s Ser Leu Val Glu Pro           #      16905                                                                  - AAA GAA GAT GAA AAA GGT GAT GAT GTT GAT GA - #C CCT GAA AAC CAG AAC         5318                                                                          Lys Glu Asp Glu Lys Gly Asp Asp Val Asp As - #p Pro Glu Asn Gln Asn           #  17050                                                                      - TCA GCC CTG GCT GAT ACT GAT GCC TCA GGA GG - #C TTA ACC AAA GAG TCC         5366                                                                          Ser Ala Leu Ala Asp Thr Asp Ala Ser Gly Gl - #y Leu Thr Lys Glu Ser           #               17251715 - #                1720                              - CCA GAT ACA AAT GGA CCA AAA CAA AAA GAG AA - #G GAG GAT GCC CAG GAA         5414                                                                          Pro Asp Thr Asn Gly Pro Lys Gln Lys Glu Ly - #s Glu Asp Ala Gln Glu           #              17405                                                          - GTA GAA TTG CAG GAA GGA AAA GTG CAC AGT GA - #A TCA GAT AAA GCG ATC         5462                                                                          Val Glu Leu Gln Glu Gly Lys Val His Ser Gl - #u Ser Asp Lys Ala Ile           #          17550                                                              - ACA CCC CAA GCA CAG GAG GAG TTA CAG AAA CA - #A GAG AGA GAA TCT GCA         5510                                                                          Thr Pro Gln Ala Gln Glu Glu Leu Gln Lys Gl - #n Glu Arg Glu Ser Ala           #      17705                                                                  - AAG TCA GAA CTT ACA GAA TCT TAAAACATCA TGCAGTTAA - #A CTCATTGTCT            5561                                                                          Lys Ser Glu Leu Thr Glu Ser                                                   #   1780                                                                      - GTTTGGAAGA CCAGAATGTG AAGACAAGTA GTAGAAGAAA ATGAATGCTG CT - #GCTGAGAC       5621                                                                          - TGAAGACCAG TATTTCAGAA CTTTGAGAAT TGGAGAGCAG GCACATCAAC TG - #ATCTCATT       5681                                                                          - TCTAGAGAGC CCCTGACAAT CCTGAGGCTT CATCAGGAGC TAGAGCCATT TA - #ACATTTCC       5741                                                                          - TCTTTCCAAG ACCAACCTAC AATTTTCCCT TGATAACCAT ATAAATTCTG AT - #TTAAGGTC       5801                                                                          - CTAAATTCTT AACCTGGAAC TGGAGTTGGC AATACCTAGT TCTGCTTCTG AA - #ACTGGAGT       5861                                                                          - ATCATTCTTT ACATATTTAT ATGTATGTTT TAAGTAGTCC TCCTGTATCT AT - #TGTATATT       5921                                                                          - TTTTTCTTAA TGTTTAAGGA AATGTGCAGG ATACTACATG CTTTTTGTAT CA - #CACAGTAT       5981                                                                          - ATGATGGGGC ATGTGCCATA GTGCAGGCTT GGGGAGCTTT AAGCCTCAGT TA - #TATAACCC       6041                                                                          - ACAAAAAACA GAGCCTCCTA GATGTAACAT TCCTGATCAA GGTACAATTC TT - #TAAAATTC       6101                                                                          - ACTAATGATT GAGGTCCATA TTTAGTGGTA CTCTGAAATT GGTCACTTTC CT - #ATTACACG       6161                                                                          - GAGTGTGCCA AAACTAAAAA GCATTTTGAA ACATACAGAA TGTTCTATTG TC - #ATTGGGAA       6221                                                                          - ATTTTGCTTT CTAACCCAGT GGAGGTTAGA AAGAAGTTAT ATTCTGGTAG CA - #AATTAACT       6281                                                                          - TTACATCCTT TTTCCTACTT GTTATGGTTG TTTGGACCGA TAAGTGTGCT TA - #ATCCTGAG       6341                                                                          - GCAAAGTAGT GAATATGTTT TATATGTTAT GAAGAAAAGA ATTGTTGTAA GT - #TTTTGATT       6401                                                                          - CTACTCTTAT ATGCTGGACT GCATTCACAC ATGGCATGAA ATAAGTCAGG TT - #CTTTACAA       6461                                                                          - ATGGTATTTT GATAGATACT GGATTGTGTT TGTGCCATAT TTGTGCCATT CC - #TTTAAGAA       6521                                                                          - CAATGTTGCA ACACATTCAT TTGGATAAGT TGTGATTTGA CGACTGATTT AA - #ATAAAATA       6581                                                                          #              6605AAAA AAAA                                                  - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:                                            -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 1780 amino                                                        (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                             -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:                                 - Met Gly Ala Gly Ser Ser Thr Glu Gln Arg Se - #r Pro Glu Gln Pro Pro         #                 15                                                          - Glu Gly Ser Ser Thr Pro Ala Glu Pro Glu Pr - #o Ser Gly Gly Gly Pro         #             30                                                              - Ser Ala Glu Ala Ala Pro Asp Thr Thr Ala As - #p Pro Ala Ile Ala Ala         #         45                                                                  - Ser Asp Pro Ala Thr Lys Leu Leu Gln Lys As - #n Gly Gln Leu Ser Thr         #     60                                                                      - Ile Asn Gly Val Ala Glu Gln Asp Glu Leu Se - #r Leu Gln Glu Gly Asp         # 80                                                                          - Leu Asn Gly Gln Lys Gly Ala Leu Asn Gly Gl - #n Gly Ala Leu Asn Ser         #                 95                                                          - Gln Glu Glu Glu Glu Val Ile Val Thr Glu Va - #l Gly Gln Arg Asp Ser         #           110                                                               - Glu Asp Val Ser Glu Arg Asp Ser Asp Lys Gl - #u Met Ala Thr Lys Ser         #       125                                                                   - Ala Val Val His Asp Ile Thr Asp Asp Gly Gl - #n Glu Glu Asn Arg Asn         #   140                                                                       - Ile Glu Gln Ile Pro Ser Ser Glu Ser Asn Le - #u Glu Glu Leu Thr Gln         145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                           - Pro Thr Glu Ser Gln Ala Asn Asp Ile Gly Ph - #e Lys Lys Val Phe Lys         #               175                                                           - Phe Val Gly Phe Lys Phe Thr Val Lys Lys As - #p Lys Thr Glu Lys Pro         #           190                                                               - Asp Thr Val Gln Leu Leu Thr Val Lys Lys As - #p Glu Gly Glu Gly Ala         #       205                                                                   - Ala Gly Ala Gly Asp His Gln Asp Pro Ser Le - #u Gly Ala Gly Glu Ala         #   220                                                                       - Ala Ser Lys Glu Ser Glu Pro Lys Gln Ser Th - #r Glu Lys Pro Glu Glu         225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                           - Thr Leu Lys Arg Glu Gln Ser His Ala Glu Il - #e Ser Pro Pro Ala Glu         #               255                                                           - Ser Gly Gln Ala Val Glu Glu Cys Lys Glu Gl - #u Gly Glu Glu Lys Gln         #           270                                                               - Glu Lys Glu Pro Ser Lys Ser Ala Glu Ser Pr - #o Thr Ser Pro Val Thr         #       285                                                                   - Ser Glu Thr Gly Ser Thr Phe Lys Lys Phe Ph - #e Thr Gln Gly Trp Ala         #   300                                                                       - Gly Trp Arg Lys Lys Thr Ser Phe Arg Lys Pr - #o Lys Glu Asp Glu Val         305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                           - Glu Ala Ser Glu Lys Lys Lys Glu Gln Glu Pr - #o Glu Lys Val Asp Thr         #               335                                                           - Glu Glu Asp Gly Lys Ala Glu Val Ala Ser Gl - #u Lys Leu Thr Ala Ser         #           350                                                               - Glu Gln Ala His Pro Gln Glu Pro Ala Glu Se - #r Ala His Glu Pro Arg         #       365                                                                   - Leu Ser Ala Glu Tyr Glu Lys Val Glu Leu Pr - #o Ser Glu Glu Gln Val         #   380                                                                       - Ser Gly Ser Gln Gly Pro Ser Glu Glu Lys Pr - #o Ala Pro Leu Ala Thr         385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -       #00                                                                           - Glu Val Phe Asp Glu Lys Ile Glu Val His Gl - #n Glu Glu Val Val Ala         #               415                                                           - Glu Val His Val Ser Thr Val Glu Glu Arg Th - #r Glu Glu Gln Lys Thr         #           430                                                               - Glu Val Glu Glu Thr Ala Gly Ser Val Pro Al - #a Glu Glu Leu Val Gly         #       445                                                                   - Met Asp Ala Glu Pro Gln Glu Ala Glu Pro Al - #a Lys Glu Leu Val Lys         #   460                                                                       - Leu Lys Glu Thr Cys Val Ser Gly Glu Asp Pr - #o Thr Gln Gly Ala Asp         465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -       #80                                                                           - Leu Ser Pro Asp Glu Lys Val Leu Ser Lys Pr - #o Pro Glu Gly Val Val         #               495                                                           - Ser Glu Val Glu Met Leu Ser Ser Gln Glu Ar - #g Met Lys Val Gln Gly         #           510                                                               - Ser Pro Leu Lys Lys Leu Phe Thr Ser Thr Gl - #y Leu Lys Lys Leu Ser         #       525                                                                   - Gly Lys Lys Gln Lys Gly Lys Arg Gly Gly Gl - #y Asp Glu Glu Ser Gly         #   540                                                                       - Glu His Thr Gln Val Pro Ala Asp Ser Pro As - #p Ser Gln Glu Glu Gln         545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -       #60                                                                           - Lys Gly Glu Ser Ser Ala Ser Ser Pro Glu Gl - #u Pro Glu Glu Ile Thr         #               575                                                           - Cys Leu Glu Lys Gly Leu Ala Glu Val Gln Gl - #n Asp Gly Glu Ala Glu         #           590                                                               - Glu Gly Ala Thr Ser Asp Gly Glu Lys Lys Ar - #g Glu Gly Val Thr Pro         #       605                                                                   - Trp Ala Ser Phe Lys Lys Met Val Thr Pro Ly - #s Lys Arg Val Arg Arg         #   620                                                                       - Pro Ser Glu Ser Asp Lys Glu Asp Glu Leu As - #p Lys Val Lys Ser Ala         625                 6 - #30                 6 - #35                 6 -       #40                                                                           - Thr Leu Ser Ser Thr Glu Ser Thr Ala Ser Gl - #u Met Gln Glu Glu Met         #               655                                                           - Lys Gly Ser Val Glu Glu Pro Lys Pro Glu Gl - #u Pro Lys Arg Lys Val         #           670                                                               - Asp Thr Ser Val Ser Trp Glu Ala Leu Ile Cy - #s Val Gly Ser Ser Lys         #       685                                                                   - Lys Arg Ala Arg Arg Arg Ser Ser Ser Asp Gl - #u Glu Gly Gly Pro Lys         #   700                                                                       - Ala Met Gly Gly Asp His Gln Lys Ala Asp Gl - #u Ala Gly Lys Asp Lys         705                 7 - #10                 7 - #15                 7 -       #20                                                                           - Glu Thr Gly Thr Asp Gly Ile Leu Ala Gly Se - #r Gln Glu His Asp Pro         #               735                                                           - Gly Gln Gly Ser Ser Ser Pro Glu Gln Ala Gl - #y Ser Pro Thr Glu Gly         #           750                                                               - Glu Gly Val Ser Thr Trp Glu Ser Phe Lys Ar - #g Leu Val Thr Pro Arg         #       765                                                                   - Lys Lys Ser Lys Ser Lys Leu Glu Glu Lys Se - #r Glu Asp Ser Ile Ala         #   780                                                                       - Gly Ser Gly Val Glu His Ser Thr Pro Asp Th - #r Glu Pro Gly Lys Glu         785                 7 - #90                 7 - #95                 8 -       #00                                                                           - Glu Ser Trp Val Ser Ile Lys Lys Phe Ile Pr - #o Gly Arg Arg Lys Lys         #               815                                                           - Arg Pro Asp Gly Lys Gln Glu Gln Ala Pro Va - #l Glu Asp Ala Gly Pro         #           830                                                               - Thr Gly Ala Asn Glu Asp Asp Ser Asp Val Pr - #o Ala Val Val Pro Leu         #       845                                                                   - Ser Glu Tyr Asp Ala Val Glu Arg Glu Lys Me - #t Glu Ala Gln Gln Ala         #   860                                                                       - Gln Lys Gly Ala Glu Gln Pro Glu Gln Lys Al - #a Ala Thr Glu Val Ser         865                 8 - #70                 8 - #75                 8 -       #80                                                                           - Lys Glu Leu Ser Glu Ser Gln Val His Met Me - #t Ala Ala Ala Val Ala         #               895                                                           - Asp Gly Thr Arg Ala Ala Thr Ile Ile Glu Gl - #u Arg Ser Pro Ser Trp         #           910                                                               - Ile Ser Ala Ser Val Thr Glu Pro Leu Glu Gl - #n Val Glu Ala Glu Ala         #       925                                                                   - Ala Leu Leu Thr Glu Glu Val Leu Glu Arg Gl - #u Val Ile Ala Glu Glu         #   940                                                                       - Glu Pro Pro Thr Val Thr Glu Pro Leu Pro Gl - #u Asn Arg Glu Ala Arg         945                 9 - #50                 9 - #55                 9 -       #60                                                                           - Gly Asp Thr Val Val Ser Glu Ala Glu Leu Th - #r Pro Glu Ala Val Thr         #               975                                                           - Ala Ala Glu Thr Ala Gly Pro Leu Gly Ser Gl - #u Glu Gly Thr Glu Ala         #           990                                                               - Ser Ala Ala Glu Glu Thr Thr Glu Met Val Se - #r Ala Val Ser Gln Leu         #      10050                                                                  - Thr Asp Ser Pro Asp Thr Thr Glu Glu Ala Th - #r Pro Val Gln Glu Val         #  10205                                                                      - Glu Gly Gly Val Pro Asp Ile Glu Glu Gln Gl - #u Arg Arg Thr Gln Glu         #               10401030 - #                1035                              - Val Leu Gln Ala Val Ala Glu Lys Val Lys Gl - #u Glu Ser Gln Leu Pro         #              10550                                                          - Gly Thr Gly Gly Pro Glu Asp Val Leu Gln Pr - #o Val Gln Arg Ala Glu         #          10705                                                              - Ala Glu Arg Pro Glu Glu Gln Ala Glu Ala Se - #r Gly Leu Lys Lys Glu         #      10850                                                                  - Thr Asp Val Val Leu Lys Val Asp Ala Gln Gl - #u Ala Lys Thr Glu Pro         #  11005                                                                      - Phe Thr Gln Gly Lys Val Val Gly Gln Thr Th - #r Pro Glu Ser Phe Glu         #               11201110 - #                1115                              - Lys Ala Pro Gln Val Thr Glu Ser Ile Glu Se - #r Ser Glu Leu Val Thr         #              11350                                                          - Thr Cys Gln Ala Glu Thr Leu Ala Gly Val Ly - #s Ser Gln Glu Met Val         #          11505                                                              - Met Glu Gln Ala Ile Pro Pro Asp Ser Val Gl - #u Thr Pro Thr Asp Ser         #      11650                                                                  - Glu Thr Asp Gly Ser Thr Pro Val Ala Asp Ph - #e Asp Ala Pro Gly Thr         #  11805                                                                      - Thr Gln Lys Asp Glu Ile Val Glu Ile His Gl - #u Glu Asn Glu Val His         #               12001190 - #                1195                              - Leu Val Pro Val Arg Gly Thr Glu Ala Glu Al - #a Val Pro Ala Gln Lys         #              12150                                                          - Glu Arg Pro Pro Ala Pro Ser Ser Phe Val Ph - #e Gln Glu Glu Thr Lys         #          12305                                                              - Glu Gln Ser Lys Met Glu Asp Thr Leu Glu Hi - #s Thr Asp Lys Glu Val         #      12450                                                                  - Ser Val Glu Thr Val Ser Ile Leu Ser Lys Th - #r Glu Gly Thr Gln Glu         #  12605                                                                      - Ala Asp Gln Tyr Ala Asp Glu Lys Thr Lys As - #p Val Pro Phe Phe Glu         #               12801270 - #                1275                              - Gly Leu Glu Gly Ser Ile Asp Thr Gly Ile Th - #r Val Ser Arg Glu Lys         #              12950                                                          - Val Thr Glu Val Ala Leu Lys Gly Glu Gly Th - #r Glu Glu Ala Glu Cys         #          13105                                                              - Lys Lys Asp Asp Ala Leu Glu Leu Gln Ser Hi - #s Ala Lys Ser Pro Pro         #      13250                                                                  - Ser Pro Val Glu Arg Glu Met Val Val Gln Va - #l Glu Arg Glu Lys Thr         #  13405                                                                      - Glu Ala Glu Pro Thr His Val Asn Glu Glu Ly - #s Leu Glu His Glu Thr         #               13601350 - #                1355                              - Ala Val Thr Val Ser Glu Glu Val Ser Lys Gl - #n Leu Leu Gln Thr Val         #              13750                                                          - Asn Val Pro Ile Ile Asp Gly Ala Lys Glu Va - #l Ser Ser Leu Glu Gly         #          13905                                                              - Ser Pro Pro Pro Cys Leu Gly Gln Glu Glu Al - #a Val Cys Thr Lys Ile         #      14050                                                                  - Gln Val Gln Ser Ser Glu Ala Ser Phe Thr Le - #u Thr Ala Ala Ala Glu         #  14205                                                                      - Glu Glu Lys Val Leu Gly Glu Thr Ala Asn Il - #e Leu Glu Thr Gly Glu         #               14401430 - #                1435                              - Thr Leu Glu Pro Ala Gly Ala His Leu Val Le - #u Glu Glu Lys Ser Ser         #              14550                                                          - Glu Lys Asn Glu Asp Phe Ala Ala His Pro Gl - #y Glu Asp Ala Val Pro         #          14705                                                              - Thr Gly Pro Asp Cys Gln Ala Lys Ser Thr Pr - #o Val Ile Val Ser Ala         #      14850                                                                  - Thr Thr Lys Lys Gly Leu Ser Ser Asp Leu Gl - #u Gly Glu Lys Thr Thr         #  15005                                                                      - Ser Leu Lys Trp Lys Ser Asp Glu Val Asp Gl - #u Gln Val Ala Cys Gln         #               15201510 - #                1515                              - Glu Val Lys Val Ser Val Ala Ile Glu Asp Le - #u Glu Pro Glu Asn Gly         #              15350                                                          - Ile Leu Glu Leu Glu Thr Lys Ser Ser Lys Le - #u Val Gln Asn Ile Ile         #          15505                                                              - Gln Thr Ala Val Asp Gln Phe Val Arg Thr Gl - #u Glu Thr Ala Thr Glu         #      15650                                                                  - Met Leu Thr Ser Glu Leu Gln Thr Gln Ala Hi - #s Val Ile Lys Ala Asp         #  15805                                                                      - Ser Gln Asp Ala Gly Gln Glu Thr Glu Lys Gl - #u Gly Glu Glu Pro Gln         #               16001590 - #                1595                              - Ala Ser Ala Gln Asp Glu Thr Pro Ile Thr Se - #r Ala Lys Glu Glu Ser         #              16150                                                          - Glu Ser Thr Ala Val Gly Gln Ala His Ser As - #p Ile Ser Lys Asp Met         #          16305                                                              - Ser Glu Ala Ser Glu Lys Thr Met Thr Val Gl - #u Val Glu Gly Ser Thr         #      16450                                                                  - Val Asn Asp Gln Gln Leu Glu Glu Val Val Le - #u Pro Ser Glu Glu Glu         #  16605                                                                      - Gly Gly Gly Ala Gly Thr Lys Ser Val Pro Gl - #u Asp Asp Gly His Ala         #               16801670 - #                1675                              - Leu Leu Ala Glu Arg Ile Glu Lys Ser Leu Va - #l Glu Pro Lys Glu Asp         #              16950                                                          - Glu Lys Gly Asp Asp Val Asp Asp Pro Glu As - #n Gln Asn Ser Ala Leu         #          17105                                                              - Ala Asp Thr Asp Ala Ser Gly Gly Leu Thr Ly - #s Glu Ser Pro Asp Thr         #      17250                                                                  - Asn Gly Pro Lys Gln Lys Glu Lys Glu Asp Al - #a Gln Glu Val Glu Leu         #  17405                                                                      - Gln Glu Gly Lys Val His Ser Glu Ser Asp Ly - #s Ala Ile Thr Pro Gln         #               17601750 - #                1755                              - Ala Gln Glu Glu Leu Gln Lys Gln Glu Arg Gl - #u Ser Ala Lys Ser Glu         #              17750                                                          - Leu Thr Glu Ser                                                                         1780                                                              - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:                                            -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 14 amino                                                          (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:                                 - Leu Glu Thr Lys Ser Ser Lys Leu Val Gln As - #n Ile Ile Gln                 #                10                                                           - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:                                            -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 14 amino                                                          (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:                                 - Leu Ile Glu Thr Ala Ser Ser Leu Val Lys As - #n Ala Ile Gln                 #                10                                                           - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:                                            -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 23 amino                                                          (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:                                 - Asp Leu Ile Glu Glu Ala Ala Ser Arg Ile Va - #l Asp Ala Val Ile             #                15                                                           - Glu Gln Val Lys Ala Ala Gly Ala                                                             20                                                            - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:                                            -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 33 base                                                           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:                                 #         33       GTCC GAGTCCAGTG AGC                                        - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 30 base                                                           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:                                #           30     ACTT TGACCTCCTG                                            - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 30 base                                                           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:                                #           30     ACGT GAGCTTGTGT                                            - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 36 base                                                           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:                                #       36         GGTA GCAATTGAGG ATTTAG                                     - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 27 base                                                           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:                                #             27   CTGT AGTTCTG                                               - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 453 amino                                                         (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:                                - Glu Ser Ser Glu Leu Val Thr Thr Cys Gln Al - #a Glu Thr Leu Ala Gly         #                15                                                           - Val Lys Ser Gln Glu Met Val Met Glu Gln Al - #a Ile Pro Pro Asp Ser         #            30                                                               - Val Glu Thr Pro Thr Asp Ser Glu Thr Asp Gl - #y Ser Thr Pro Val Ala         #        45                                                                   - Asp Phe Asp Ala Pro Gly Thr Thr Gln Lys As - #p Glu Ile Val Glu Ile         #    60                                                                       - His Glu Glu Asn Glu Val His Leu Val Pro Va - #l Arg Gly Thr Glu Ala         #80                                                                           - Glu Ala Val Pro Ala Gln Lys Glu Arg Pro Pr - #o Ala Pro Ser Ser Phe         #                95                                                           - Val Phe Gln Glu Glu Thr Lys Glu Gln Ser Ly - #s Met Glu Asp Thr Leu         #           110                                                               - Glu His Thr Asp Lys Glu Val Ser Val Glu Th - #r Val Ser Ile Leu Ser         #       125                                                                   - Lys Thr Glu Gly Thr Gln Glu Ala Asp Gln Ty - #r Ala Asp Glu Lys Thr         #   140                                                                       - Lys Asp Val Pro Phe Phe Glu Gly Leu Glu Gl - #y Ser Ile Asp Thr Gly         145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                           - Ile Thr Val Ser Arg Glu Lys Val Thr Glu Va - #l Ala Leu Lys Gly Glu         #               175                                                           - Gly Thr Glu Glu Ala Glu Cys Lys Lys Asp As - #p Ala Leu Glu Leu Gln         #           190                                                               - Ser His Ala Lys Ser Pro Pro Ser Pro Val Gl - #u Arg Glu Met Val Val         #       205                                                                   - Gln Val Glu Arg Glu Lys Thr Glu Ala Glu Pr - #o Thr His Val Asn Glu         #   220                                                                       - Glu Lys Leu Glu His Glu Thr Ala Val Thr Va - #l Ser Glu Glu Val Ser         225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                           - Lys Gln Leu Leu Gln Thr Val Asn Val Pro Il - #e Ile Asp Gly Ala Lys         #               255                                                           - Glu Val Ser Ser Leu Glu Gly Ser Pro Pro Pr - #o Cys Leu Gly Gln Glu         #           270                                                               - Glu Ala Val Cys Thr Lys Ile Gln Val Gln Se - #r Ser Glu Ala Ser Phe         #       285                                                                   - Thr Leu Thr Ala Ala Ala Glu Glu Glu Lys Va - #l Leu Gly Glu Thr Ala         #   300                                                                       - Asn Ile Leu Glu Thr Gly Glu Thr Leu Glu Pr - #o Ala Gly Ala His Leu         305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                           - Val Leu Glu Glu Lys Ser Ser Glu Lys Asn Gl - #u Asp Phe Ala Ala His         #               335                                                           - Pro Gly Glu Asp Ala Val Pro Thr Gly Pro As - #p Cys Gln Ala Lys Ser         #           350                                                               - Thr Pro Val Ile Val Ser Ala Thr Thr Lys Ly - #s Gly Leu Ser Ser Asp         #       365                                                                   - Leu Glu Gly Glu Lys Thr Thr Ser Leu Lys Tr - #p Lys Ser Asp Glu Val         #   380                                                                       - Asp Glu Gln Val Ala Cys Gln Glu Val Lys Va - #l Ser Val Ala Ile Glu         385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -       #00                                                                           - Asp Leu Glu Pro Glu Asn Gly Ile Leu Glu Le - #u Glu Thr Lys Ser Ser         #               415                                                           - Lys Leu Val Gln Asn Ile Ile Gln Thr Ala Va - #l Asp Gln Phe Val Arg         #           430                                                               - Thr Glu Glu Thr Ala Thr Glu Met Leu Thr Se - #r Glu Leu Gln Thr Gln         #       445                                                                   - Ala His Val Ile Lys                                                             450                                                                       - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 396 amino                                                         (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:                                - Glu Ser Ser Glu Leu Val Thr Thr Cys Gln Al - #a Glu Thr Leu Ala Gly         #                15                                                           - Val Lys Ser Gln Glu Met Val Met Glu Gln Al - #a Ile Pro Pro Asp Ser         #            30                                                               - Val Glu Thr Pro Thr Asp Ser Glu Thr Asp Gl - #y Ser Thr Pro Val Ala         #        45                                                                   - Asp Phe Asp Ala Pro Gly Thr Thr Gln Lys As - #p Glu Ile Val Glu Ile         #    60                                                                       - His Glu Glu Asn Glu Val His Leu Val Pro Va - #l Arg Gly Thr Glu Ala         #80                                                                           - Glu Ala Val Pro Ala Gln Lys Glu Arg Pro Pr - #o Ala Pro Ser Ser Phe         #                95                                                           - Val Phe Gln Glu Glu Thr Lys Glu Gln Ser Ly - #s Met Glu Asp Thr Leu         #           110                                                               - Glu His Thr Asp Lys Glu Val Ser Val Glu Th - #r Val Ser Ile Leu Ser         #       125                                                                   - Lys Thr Glu Gly Thr Gln Glu Ala Asp Gln Ty - #r Ala Asp Glu Lys Thr         #   140                                                                       - Lys Asp Val Pro Phe Phe Glu Gly Leu Glu Gl - #y Ser Ile Asp Thr Gly         145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                           - Ile Thr Val Ser Arg Glu Lys Val Thr Glu Va - #l Ala Leu Lys Gly Glu         #               175                                                           - Gly Thr Glu Glu Ala Glu Cys Lys Lys Asp As - #p Ala Leu Glu Leu Gln         #           190                                                               - Ser His Ala Lys Ser Pro Pro Ser Pro Val Gl - #u Arg Glu Met Val Val         #       205                                                                   - Gln Val Glu Arg Glu Lys Thr Glu Ala Glu Pr - #o Thr His Val Asn Glu         #   220                                                                       - Glu Lys Leu Glu His Glu Thr Ala Val Thr Va - #l Ser Glu Glu Val Ser         225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                           - Lys Gln Leu Leu Gln Thr Val Asn Val Pro Il - #e Ile Asp Gly Ala Lys         #               255                                                           - Glu Val Ser Ser Leu Glu Gly Ser Pro Pro Pr - #o Cys Leu Gly Gln Glu         #           270                                                               - Glu Ala Val Cys Thr Lys Ile Gln Val Gln Se - #r Ser Glu Ala Ser Phe         #       285                                                                   - Thr Leu Thr Ala Ala Ala Glu Glu Glu Lys Va - #l Leu Gly Glu Thr Ala         #   300                                                                       - Asn Ile Leu Glu Thr Gly Glu Thr Leu Glu Pr - #o Ala Gly Ala His Leu         305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                           - Val Leu Glu Glu Lys Ser Ser Glu Lys Asn Gl - #u Asp Phe Ala Ala His         #               335                                                           - Pro Gly Glu Asp Ala Val Pro Thr Gly Pro As - #p Cys Gln Ala Lys Ser         #           350                                                               - Thr Pro Val Ile Val Ser Ala Thr Thr Lys Ly - #s Gly Leu Ser Ser Asp         #       365                                                                   - Leu Glu Gly Glu Lys Thr Thr Ser Leu Lys Tr - #p Lys Ser Asp Glu Val         #   380                                                                       - Asp Glu Gln Val Ala Cys Gln Glu Val Lys Va - #l Ser                         385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                           - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 255 amino                                                         (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:                                - Val Ala Ile Glu Asp Leu Glu Pro Glu Asn Gl - #y Ile Leu Glu Leu Glu         #                15                                                           - Thr Lys Ser Ser Lys Leu Val Gln Asn Ile Il - #e Gln Thr Ala Val Asp         #            30                                                               - Gln Phe Val Arg Thr Glu Glu Thr Ala Thr Gl - #u Met Leu Thr Ser Glu         #        45                                                                   - Leu Gln Thr Gln Ala His Val Ile Lys Ala As - #p Ser Gln Asp Ala Gly         #    60                                                                       - Gln Glu Thr Glu Lys Glu Gly Glu Glu Pro Gl - #n Ala Ser Ala Gln Asp         #80                                                                           - Glu Thr Pro Ile Thr Ser Ala Lys Glu Glu Se - #r Glu Ser Thr Ala Val         #                95                                                           - Gly Gln Ala His Ser Asp Ile Ser Lys Asp Me - #t Ser Glu Ala Ser Glu         #           110                                                               - Lys Thr Met Thr Val Glu Val Glu Gly Ser Th - #r Val Asn Asp Gln Gln         #       125                                                                   - Leu Glu Glu Val Val Leu Pro Ser Glu Glu Gl - #u Gly Gly Gly Ala Gly         #   140                                                                       - Thr Lys Ser Val Pro Glu Asp Asp Gly His Al - #a Leu Leu Ala Glu Arg         145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                           - Ile Glu Lys Ser Leu Val Glu Pro Lys Glu As - #p Glu Lys Gly Asp Asp         #               175                                                           - Val Asp Asp Pro Glu Asn Gln Asn Ser Ala Le - #u Ala Asp Thr Asp Ala         #           190                                                               - Ser Gly Gly Leu Thr Lys Glu Ser Pro Asp Th - #r Asn Gly Pro Lys Gln         #       205                                                                   - Lys Glu Lys Glu Asp Ala Gln Glu Val Glu Le - #u Gln Glu Gly Lys Val         #   220                                                                       - His Ser Glu Ser Asp Lys Ala Ile Thr Pro Gl - #n Ala Gln Glu Glu Leu         225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                           - Gln Lys Gln Glu Arg Glu Ser Ala Lys Ser Gl - #u Leu Thr Glu Ser             #               255                                                           - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 651 amino                                                         (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:                                - Glu Ser Ser Glu Leu Val Thr Thr Cys Gln Al - #a Glu Thr Leu Ala Gly         #                15                                                           - Val Lys Ser Gln Glu Met Val Met Glu Gln Al - #a Ile Pro Pro Asp Ser         #            30                                                               - Val Glu Thr Pro Thr Asp Ser Glu Thr Asp Gl - #y Ser Thr Pro Val Ala         #        45                                                                   - Asp Phe Asp Ala Pro Gly Thr Thr Gln Lys As - #p Glu Ile Val Glu Ile         #    60                                                                       - His Glu Glu Asn Glu Val His Leu Val Pro Va - #l Arg Gly Thr Glu Ala         #80                                                                           - Glu Ala Val Pro Ala Gln Lys Glu Arg Pro Pr - #o Ala Pro Ser Ser Phe         #                95                                                           - Val Phe Gln Glu Glu Thr Lys Glu Gln Ser Ly - #s Met Glu Asp Thr Leu         #           110                                                               - Glu His Thr Asp Lys Glu Val Ser Val Glu Th - #r Val Ser Ile Leu Ser         #       125                                                                   - Lys Thr Glu Gly Thr Gln Glu Ala Asp Gln Ty - #r Ala Asp Glu Lys Thr         #   140                                                                       - Lys Asp Val Pro Phe Phe Glu Gly Leu Glu Gl - #y Ser Ile Asp Thr Gly         145                 1 - #50                 1 - #55                 1 -       #60                                                                           - Ile Thr Val Ser Arg Glu Lys Val Thr Glu Va - #l Ala Leu Lys Gly Glu         #               175                                                           - Gly Thr Glu Glu Ala Glu Cys Lys Lys Asp As - #p Ala Leu Glu Leu Gln         #           190                                                               - Ser His Ala Lys Ser Pro Pro Ser Pro Val Gl - #u Arg Glu Met Val Val         #       205                                                                   - Gln Val Glu Arg Glu Lys Thr Glu Ala Glu Pr - #o Thr His Val Asn Glu         #   220                                                                       - Glu Lys Leu Glu His Glu Thr Ala Val Thr Va - #l Ser Glu Glu Val Ser         225                 2 - #30                 2 - #35                 2 -       #40                                                                           - Lys Gln Leu Leu Gln Thr Val Asn Val Pro Il - #e Ile Asp Gly Ala Lys         #               255                                                           - Glu Val Ser Ser Leu Glu Gly Ser Pro Pro Pr - #o Cys Leu Gly Gln Glu         #           270                                                               - Glu Ala Val Cys Thr Lys Ile Gln Val Gln Se - #r Ser Glu Ala Ser Phe         #       285                                                                   - Thr Leu Thr Ala Ala Ala Glu Glu Glu Lys Va - #l Leu Gly Glu Thr Ala         #   300                                                                       - Asn Ile Leu Glu Thr Gly Glu Thr Leu Glu Pr - #o Ala Gly Ala His Leu         305                 3 - #10                 3 - #15                 3 -       #20                                                                           - Val Leu Glu Glu Lys Ser Ser Glu Lys Asn Gl - #u Asp Phe Ala Ala His         #               335                                                           - Pro Gly Glu Asp Ala Val Pro Thr Gly Pro As - #p Cys Gln Ala Lys Ser         #           350                                                               - Thr Pro Val Ile Val Ser Ala Thr Thr Lys Ly - #s Gly Leu Ser Ser Asp         #       365                                                                   - Leu Glu Gly Glu Lys Thr Thr Ser Leu Lys Tr - #p Lys Ser Asp Glu Val         #   380                                                                       - Asp Glu Gln Val Ala Cys Gln Glu Val Lys Va - #l Ser Val Ala Ile Glu         385                 3 - #90                 3 - #95                 4 -       #00                                                                           - Asp Leu Glu Pro Glu Asn Gly Ile Leu Glu Le - #u Glu Thr Lys Ser Ser         #               415                                                           - Lys Leu Val Gln Asn Ile Ile Gln Thr Ala Va - #l Asp Gln Phe Val Arg         #           430                                                               - Thr Glu Glu Thr Ala Thr Glu Met Leu Thr Se - #r Glu Leu Gln Thr Gln         #       445                                                                   - Ala His Val Ile Lys Ala Asp Ser Gln Asp Al - #a Gly Gln Glu Thr Glu         #   460                                                                       - Lys Glu Gly Glu Glu Pro Gln Ala Ser Ala Gl - #n Asp Glu Thr Pro Ile         465                 4 - #70                 4 - #75                 4 -       #80                                                                           - Thr Ser Ala Lys Glu Glu Ser Glu Ser Thr Al - #a Val Gly Gln Ala His         #               495                                                           - Ser Asp Ile Ser Lys Asp Met Ser Glu Ala Se - #r Glu Lys Thr Met Thr         #           510                                                               - Val Glu Val Glu Gly Ser Thr Val Asn Asp Gl - #n Gln Leu Glu Glu Val         #       525                                                                   - Val Leu Pro Ser Glu Glu Glu Gly Gly Gly Al - #a Gly Thr Lys Ser Val         #   540                                                                       - Pro Glu Asp Asp Gly His Ala Leu Leu Ala Gl - #u Arg Ile Glu Lys Ser         545                 5 - #50                 5 - #55                 5 -       #60                                                                           - Leu Val Glu Pro Lys Glu Asp Glu Lys Gly As - #p Asp Val Asp Asp Pro         #               575                                                           - Glu Asn Gln Asn Ser Ala Leu Ala Asp Thr As - #p Ala Ser Gly Gly Leu         #           590                                                               - Thr Lys Glu Ser Pro Asp Thr Asn Gly Pro Ly - #s Gln Lys Glu Lys Glu         #       605                                                                   - Asp Ala Gln Glu Val Glu Leu Gln Glu Gly Ly - #s Val His Ser Glu Ser         #   620                                                                       - Asp Lys Ala Ile Thr Pro Gln Ala Gln Glu Gl - #u Leu Gln Lys Gln Glu         625                 6 - #30                 6 - #35                 6 -       #40                                                                           - Arg Glu Ser Ala Lys Ser Glu Leu Thr Glu Se - #r                             #               650                                                           - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 23 amino                                                          (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:                                - Asp Leu Ile Glu Glu Ala Ala Ser Arg Pro Va - #l Asp Ala Val Ile             #                15                                                           - Glu Gln Val Lys Ala Ala Gly Ala                                                             20                                                            - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 25 base                                                           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:                                #               25 TCCA TGAGG                                                 - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #pairs    (A) LENGTH: 30 base                                                           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                        (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:                                #           30     TCTG TAGTTCTGAC                                            - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 22 amino                                                          (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:                                - Phe Lys Lys Phe Phe Thr Gln Gly Trp Ala Gl - #y Trp Arg Lys Lys Thr         #                15                                                           - Ser Phe Arg Lys Pro Lys                                                                 20                                                                - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 23 amino                                                          (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:                                - Pro Leu Lys Lys Leu Phe Thr Ser Thr Gly Le - #u Lys Lys Leu Ser Gly         #                15                                                           - Lys Lys Gln Lys Gly Lys Arg                                                             20                                                                - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 22 amino                                                          (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:                                - Lys Ala Ser Met Leu Cys Phe Lys Arg Arg Ly - #s Lys Ala Ala Lys Leu         #                15                                                           - Ala Lys Pro Lys Ala Gly                                                                      20                                                           - (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:                                           -      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                          #acids    (A) LENGTH: 9 amino                                                           (B) TYPE: amino acid                                                          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single                                                      (D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                -     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:                                - Val Arg Lys Arg Thr Leu Arg Arg Leu                                         1               5                                                             __________________________________________________________________________

What is claimed:
 1. A purified and isolated polynucleotide encoding acAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA)-binding polypeptide fragment ofgravin (SEQ ID NO: 5).
 2. The polynucleotide of claim 1 wherein thepolypeptide fragment of gravin does not bind protein kinase C (PKC). 3.The polynucleotide of claim 2 encoding amino acid residues 1130-1780 ofSEQ ID NO:
 5. 4. The polynucleotide of claim 2 encoding amino acidresidues 1130-1582of SEQ ID NO:
 5. 5. The polynucleotide of claim 2encoding amino acid residues 1526-1780 of SEQ ID NO:
 5. 6. Thepolynucleotide of claim 2 encoding amino acids residues 1526-1582 of SEQID NO:
 5. 7. The polynucleotide of claim 2 encoding amino acid residues1537-1563 of SEQ ID NO:
 5. 8. A purified and isolated polynucleotideencoding a protein kinase C (PKC)-binding polypeptide fragment of gravin(SEQ ID NO: 5).
 9. The polynucleotide of clam 8 wherein the polypeptidefragment of gravin does not bind cAMP dependent protein kinase (PKA).10. The polynucleotide of claim 9 encoding amino acid residues 265-556of SEQ ID NO:
 5. 11. The polynucleotide of claim 9 encoding amino acidresidues 295-316 of SEQ ID NO:
 5. 12. The polynucleotide of claim 9encoding amino acid residues 514-536 of SEQ ID NO: 5.